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Q. When did you next see them after that ? — A. About an hour. 
Q. What state were they in ? — A. All amiss, shaking all over, with the 
ongues out and blown up much. 
Q. You heard what the last witness said about it ? — A. I always fed them 
myself. 
[ Q. Did you hear Mr. Calvert when he was in the witness-box ? — A. Yes. 
j Q. Did he give a true account of the state in which they were ? — A, He 
jlid. 
I Mr. Seymour : I do not ask you anything. 
JOHN HUTCHINSON sworn : examined ly Mr. Field. 
Q. Are you a butcher at Airmyn ? — A. Yes. 
Q. Have you been brought up with cattle all your lifetime ? — A. Yes, 1 
lave. 
Q. And have you been in the habit of looking at Mr. Wells' cattle when 
nything is amiss with them ? — A. Yes, I have. 
Q. Do you recollect going down last February to Booth Ferry? — A. Yes, 
do very well. 
Q. What state did you find the stock in ? — A. I found them in a very bad 
Date indeed. 
Q. Was the cow dead then ? — A. She was dead, and they were just pulling 
er out into the field when I got there in my cart. 
Q. Tell mc, generally, what was the matter with the cattle — what were 
aey suffering from ? — A. They were all blown up, more or less, through the 
'hole lot ; but some four or five or six were worse than the others, and standing 
nth. their tongues out. 
Q. Did you look into their manger ? — A. No. 
Q. Did you look into the rackV— ^. No, I did not. 
' Q. Did you see whether they had eaten all their cake or not ? — A. I really 
id not see that. 
Mr. Seymour : I do not ask you anything — I do not dispute that they 
•ere blown up. 
NICHOLAS DEAN sworn : examined hy Mr. Mellor. ' 
Q. Are you farm bailiff to Mr. Wells at Sancton ? — A. Yes. 
Q. How long have you been with him ? — A. Ten years. 
; Q. In February had you any feeding beasts at Sancton ? — A. Yes. 
Q. How many ? — A. Five. 
Q. On the 8th February had you five tons of cake from Hull ? — A. From 
Market Weighton — Hull cake I suppose. 
Q. Are the beasts at Sancton fed often there ? — A. Well, they generally 
lime to Booth Ferry to get fed up at last. 
Q. How have you been in the habit of feeding the beasts at Sancton — how 
uch cake have you given them '? — A. About three pounds as near as I can 
Q. Besides the cake, what else did you give them? — A. Swede turnips and 
raw. 
Q. Did you give them the Swede turnips before you gave them the cake, or 
the same time ? — A. Before. 
Q. How long before ? — A. Perhaps two or three hours, 
j Q. About what time of the day was it when you gave them the cake V— 
j;. About ten o'clock — between ten and eleven generally. 
Q. In the morning ? — A, In the forenoon. 
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