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what ?” the defendant said, "You may call him what you like, I 
am only sorry that I can’t take his certificate.” 
John O’Neal: I am a horse-dealer in Birmingham; I was at 
the repository on Monday when some men came about a dun cob ; 
I heard the defendant say that he could not take the pony back 
upon Pitt’s certificate, as he was not a member of the Boyal 
College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
William Henry Coates : I am the registrar of the Boyal College 
of Veterinary Surgeons ; I have here the register of the members 
of the College, both those who have studied at London and at 
Edinburgh ; the plaintiff’s name is not in the list. 
Mr. Powell, Q.C., then addressed the jury on behalf of the 
defendant. 
Mr. Huddleston replied, and 
His Lordship having summed up, the jury, after a short con- 
sultation, found for the plaintiff — damages £10. — Eddowe’s 
Shrewsbury Journal. 
MIDLAND CIBCUIT. — Lincoln, July 26th. 
Nisi Prius Court. 
{Before Mr. Justice Mellor.) 
GRAY V. BURROWES. 
This was an action upon a special warranty to recover the price 
of a cart-horse. There was also a count for false representation. 
The cause was commenced on Saturday, July 23 ; but owing to the 
absence of witnesses it had to be postponed until the special jury 
cases had been tried. The trial was resumed yesterday, and was 
not finished till this morning. 
Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C., and the Hon. Chandos Leigh were 
for the plaintiff; Mr. Field, Q.C., and Mr. Lawrance for the 
defendant. 
The plaintiff’s case was that the horse was warranted not to be 
a “ shiverer,” and that it was a “ shiverer.” The defendant 
denied the warranty, and also denied that the horse was a 
“ shiverer.” It appeared that “ shivering” is caused by partial 
paralysis, or some affection of the spine acting upon the nerves 
of the hind quarters. One chief symptom of the complaint is a 
difficulty in backing. The plaintiff is a horse-dealer in Grantham, 
and the defendant a farmer at Swinstead. The defendant sold 
