556 Kidd V. Royal Agricultural Societi/ of England. 
Q. Were your vendors bound to supply you with linseed 
with not more than 4 per cent, of foreign elements in it ? — A. 
They were bound to supply it. 
Mr. Field ; Let me see the document. (It was handed to the 
learned Counsel.) It had better be read. 
Mr. Justice Blackburn : I suppose probably the jury will 
understand it. 
The Witness : They are the trade contracts, used throughout 
England. 
Mr. Seymour : It is a very long document. 
Mr. Justice Blackburn : I really don't know what it is. 
[The Associate read the contract.] 
The Witness : That contract is signed by the brokers. Then, 
there is another. 
Mr. Seymour : It is a similar contract for the Calcutta seed ? — 
A. Yes. 
Q. Was this genuine linseed up to the standard of the Associ- 
ation in London? — A. Yes. I have the certificates of the Asso- 
ciation, but I can give them from memory. 
Q. You did get the certificates of the Association ? — A, Yes, 
upon which the invoice was made out, and upon which I paid. 
Q. Is that the document? — A. That is a certificate of the 
London Linseed Association. 
Q. On which you paid for cargo ? — A. On whose decision I 
paid. 
Q. That being the certificate on which you paid, had a cargo 
of linseed been delivered at your Works before that certificate was 
obtained ? — A. Oh, yes, in January. 
Q. And I believe the Linseed Association are the association' 
of the trade connected with linseed who have a fixed standard— 
that is to rule the prices and regulate the degree of purity of the 
linseed ? — A. A joint committee of seed-crushers and merchants 
in linseed throughout the country. 
Q. Was any of this linseed sea-damaged ? — A. None. 
Q. Was any of it mouldy that you used ? — A. None. 
Q. Now, I will ask you as to sesame (a specimen was handed 
to the witness). 
Mr. Justice Blackburn : Let us know how the sesame was 
bought. 
Mr. Seymour: I am going to ask that, my Lord. (To the 
witness.) Where was the sesame imported from? — A. From 
France. 
Q. From whom was it bought? — A. Messrs. Young andi 
Timm, of Hull. 
Mr. Justice Blackburn : Was it bought in the shape of cake^l 
or how ? — A. Cake. 
