632 Kidd V. Royal Agricultural Society of England. 
Q. Do you mean to say that bran was not mentioned between you as 
being an ingredient of that cake? — A. I am quite certain that neither 
bran nor sesame-cake was ever mentioned in connection with the cake I 
purchased. 
Q. Did you talk of sesame at all? — A. Not at all. I never heard of such 
a thing until the other day, as I tell you ; I did not know that such a thing 
was in existence. 
Q. What, not that it was used for cattle on the Continent ? — A. No, I 
never knew there was such a thing ; it came upon me by surprise. 
Q. What introduced the subject of bran ? — A. Something in the course of 
ordinary conversation about the make of cakes. 1 had paid and settled the 
account. 
Q. Did you say you had examined the cake ? — A. I said I had examined 
the sample sent to me by letter, tasted it, and thought it was a good cake ; it 
was a small sample which was sent to me, and which I have not been able to 
recover, upon which I made that purchase. 
Q. And you said nothing about bran ? — A. I said nothing at all to Messrs. 
Ayre about bran being in the cake that I had purchased. 
Q. Nor was anything said by either of them ? — A. Nor by either of 
them. 
Q. Now I think you wrote to Mr. Jenkins on the 26th March? — A. If you 
will read the letter 1 will tell you. 
Mr. Justice Blackburn : Is this in any way bearing upon this question, 
because we had Mr. Wells long ago examined and cross-examined, and I only 
recalled him u|X)n this one point of the conversation. 
Mr. Seymouk : Had you any discussion about cotton-cake at any time with 
Mr. Ayre ? — A. I do not know that I had. 
Q. Did they never explain to you their reasons for introducing this "Tri' 
angle Best " ? — A. Most certainly not. I never heard of such a thing ; no reason 
was ever given to me about the introduction of the cake. 
Q. And you never asked ? — A. I never asked. I thought it was a good 
cake when I received their sample and a special letter with it. 
Re-examined by Mr. Field. 
Q. You say you knew of the " ordinary," the " genuine,'' and the " pure"? 
—A. Yes. 
Q. And you had always dealt yourself in " genuine " and " pure " except 
in that one transaction. 
Mr. Justice Blackburx : No, he had always dealt in "pure" except that 
one transaction. I mean to say that all his invoices from Messrs. Ayre marked 
the cakes " pure " except that one which does not mark it as " pure." 
The W^iTXEss : That is so. From 1868 to 1871 they are all marked as 
pure cakes. 
Mr. Fiki.d: Except that one in 1808?—^. Yes. 
Q. And that you say was 7 tons? — A. Yes, at 8?. 15s. per ton. 
Q. When j'ou received this circular about the "Triangle Best" linseed-cakes, 
" As we are now able to deliver cakes with the above brand," had you the 
smallest notion that that was other than a genuine cake ? — A. I tell yon that 
may have come to me, but I do not admit having received it. I do not 
remember it. If I received a thing like that I should throw it into the waste 
paper basket as being a i)uff. 
Q. But had you any notion that it was other than a genuine cake ? — A. I 
had no notion that the cake tliat was offered me was other than a genuine 
cake. In fact I would not have bou.:;ht it at all if I had. 
Mr. Justice Blackbuun : Now, unless the gentlemen of the Jury wish to 
