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VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
President — P. Taylor, Manchester ; Vice-President — G. Heyes, 
Liverpool ; Treasurer — Thos. Greaves, Manchester ; Hon. Sec . — 
Geo. Morgan, Liverpool. 
Council — William Field, Jun., London; Prof. Williams, 
Edinburgh; Prof. McCall, Glasgow ; John Lawson, Manchester ; 
John Cuthbert, Leeds; Wm. Broughton, Leeds; Wm. Whittle, 
Worsley ; A. L. Gibson, Manchester ; Jos. Carter, Bradford ; 
D. McTaggart, Halifax; Jas. Freeman, Hull; Francis Blake- 
way, Stourbridge. 
A vote of thanks was awarded to the officers for their services 
during the past year, and also to the President for the able man- 
ner in which he had performed his duties. These being acknow- 
ledged, the meeting separated. 
George Morgan, 
Hon. Sec. 
Veterinary Jurisprudence. 
NISI PBIUS COUBT. — Saturday, July 29th. 
( Before Mr. Justice Lush.) 
Action for Slander.— Pitt v. Clayworth, M.B.C.V.S. 
Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., with Mr. Warren, for plaintiff; Mr. 
Powell, Q.C., and Mr. Motteram for defendant. 
Mr. Warren having opened the pleadings, Mr. Huddleston 
stated the case. The plaintiff, a veterinary surgeon, residing in 
Birmingham, was formerly an assistant to defendant's father. De- 
fendant keeps a horse repository in Birmingham, and a horse having 
been purchased by a Mr. Marlow, the latter applied to plaintiff 
for a certificate, according to the usual custom. Plaintiff certified 
that the horse was unsound. Defendant then refused to accept 
the certificate on the ground that plaintiff was not a veterinary 
surgeon, but only a cowleech. 
John Pitt : I am the plaintiff in this action; I am a member 
of the Veterinary College, Edinburgh, and of the Highland 
Agricultural College ; I attended three courses of lectures prior to 
1857 ; I kept my terms at the college; I passed the examination 
in 1857, and that entitled me to a diploma (diploma read) ; I 
also received a certificate from the Veterinary Medical Society, 
