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VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
was difficult to see how a man could claim at first and 
s6125 afterwards. He then requested the jury to answer the 
following questions: — 1. Was there an express warranty? 2. 
Did the plaintiff buy the meal for the purpose of feeding his horses 
upon it, and did the defendant know he bought it for that purpose ? 
The jury retired, and after being locked up for some time they 
returned, when the foreman said they were not agreed. There were 
nine one way and two another, and one of the two said he should 
never alter. 
His Lordship — Is there no probability of your agreeing 1 
The Foreman — None whatever. 
His Lordship — It is a great pity so long a trial should end with- 
out a verdict. I think you will be able to agree in time. 
The Foreman — One gentleman declares he won’t be convinced. 
A Juryman — If we answer the first question in favour of the 
defendant does it rule the others ? 
His Lordship — I require separate answers. 
The jury again retired, and after another half-hour’s consultation 
returned, and the Foreman said they were not agreed on the first 
question, as to an express warranty. 
His Lordship — Is there no reasonable probability of your agree- 
ing ? 
A Juryman — If I could satisfy my conscience to give a wrong 
answer, I would do so. 
His Lordship — That being so, I have no alternative but to dis- 
charge you. Unless the parties come to some arrangement there 
will probably be further litigation. 
The jury were then discharged . — Abridged from the Nottingham 
Guardian. 
IMPORTED CATTLE DISEASE. 
The case of the Home Cattle Defence Association against Messrs. 
Gebhardt and Olde, for driving foreign cattle which had been in 
contact with diseased cattle along a public thoroughfare, came on 
for hearing before the Essex magistrates sitting at Stratford on 
Wednesday. The association was represented by Mr. Nevill 
Jourdain, solicitor, who stated that on the 17th ult., 100 beasts 
from Vigo were landed at Plaistow Wharf, fifteen of which upon 
examination were found to be seriously affected with the foot-and- 
mouth disease, and were accordingly ordered to be slaughtered there. 
The remaining eighty-five, instead of being placed in railway trucks at 
the wharf, were driven along the road leading to the Essex marshes 
to the Victoria Docks, where they were forwarded by railway to the 
Metropolitan Cattle Market. Mr. Jourdain, at considerable length, 
reviewed the various Acts and Orders bearing upon the question, 
and was about to call witnesses in support of the alleged facts, 
when the solicitor representing the defendants consented to admit 
