Kidd V. Royal Agrimltiiral Society of Eiujland. 585 
Q. T think yon have boon in the business of a seed crusher for thirty-five 
\cars '? — A. Yes. 
Q. You have been with Mr. Kidd seventeen years and as foreman fifteen 
years ? — A. I \\a,\'c. 
! Q. Have you the superintendence of the mill and of the crushing of the 
jseed? — A. Yes. 
, Q. Were you engaged as foreman at the time the seed was crushed which 
'made the cake that was sent to Iklr. AYells ? — A. I was. 
Q. You heard what Mr. Kidd has said as to the seed out of which that was 
iiuule ? — A. Yes, I know what seed it was made from. 
Q. Linseed, sesame, and bran ? — A. Yes. 
Q, Are those the materials out of which that cake was made ? — A. It was 
made from Calcutta and Black Sea linseed. 
Q. Sesamd-cake? — A. Yes. 
Q. And bran ? — A. And bran. 
Q. Was the linseed out of which it was made a good sample of linseed ? — 
..■1. Fine linseed ; fine clean linseed. 
J Q. What do you say as to the proportion of foreign seeds in that? — A. 
^Well I am sure I do not know. 
I Q. Was it less or greater than usual ? — A. Well the Calcutta was finer 
ithau usual, and the Black Sea was about as usual. 
Q. How was the sesame-cake? — A. It was a sjilendid samjile. 
Q. And the bran ? — A. A very good sample indeed, the same as we get 
usually ; fine wheat bran. 
Q. Do yon make entries of the dates when those materials come into the 
mill? — A. Y'es. 
Q. And you have got a book containing those entries, have you ? — 
A. Yes. 
Q. Are you able to say that this cake supplied to Mr. Wells was made out 
'of those materials you have spoken of ? — A, Yes. 
I Q. It was made under vour superintendence by certain pressmen ? — 
■A. Yes. 
Q. Was it possible for any poisonous ingredients to get into the cake in 
the course of the manufacture ? — A. No. 
Q. Yon have heard Mr. Kidd describe the wry in whicli it is made ?— 
A. Yes. 
Q. Is that correct? — A. It is. 
Q. And did you personally superintend the making of it ? — A. I did ; of 
course I was there in the daj'time you know. 
Q. Was there any cotton-seed or cotton-cake in the mill at that time ? — 
A. No. 
Q. Or cocoa-nut ? — A. No. 
Q. Or rice.? — A. No. 
Q. Or sweepings of corn warehouses ? — A. No, I never saw any in the 
place. 
Q. Now, we hear that five tons of this cake was delivered on the 6th of 
February .? — A. I do not know. 
Q. Don't you keep a book of the deliveries ? — A. Yes, but I have not the 
book here. 
Mr. Justice Blackburn : I think we have got the evidence of it, and I do 
act understand it is in dispute. 
Mr. Cave : Was anything put into that cake except that Calcutta and 
Black Sea linseed, sesame-cake and bran ? — A. No, nothing — not to my 
■knowledge. 
Q. In the course of making the cakes are the materials fully mixed 
ogether ?—A. Yes, under the stones. 
