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Veterinary Jurisprudence. 
NORWICH GUILDHALL. 
Saturday, Sept. 30th. 
{The Mayor in the Chair.) 
CONVICTION EOR EXPOSING DISEASED SHEEP. 
John Walpole, of Antingham, farmer and dealer, was sum- 
moned for unlawfully exposing in the Cattle Market, on the 2nd 
Sept., fifty sheep infected with a contagious disease, to wit, sheep- 
scab, whereby he had incurred a penalty of £25. Mr. Mendham 
supported the information. 
Mr. William Smith, veterinary surgeon, said he was inspector 
of the Norwich Cattle Market, and on September 2nd saw there 
a number of sheep belonging to John Walpole. There were fifty 
sheep affected with the disease called “scab;” they were all 
more or less affected. A large number were decidedly affected, 
some not so much. At least ten sheep were badly diseased. 
Witness had a conversation with defendant and told him the 
sheep were decidedly affected with “ scab,” and defendant replied 
that they were part of a flock that had had the scab, but had been 
pronounced sound by the inspector of his district. Witness asked 
how long that was ago, and defendant said he could not recollect 
exactly, but they had all been “ dressed” for it and he thought 
they were well. Witness told him that it was against the law to 
expose such sheep, and advised him to send them to a slaughter- 
house, and have them killed. Defendant asked if he sold them 
whether they could be killed at any slaughter-house, and witness 
told him that they must not be taken along any of the roads. 
Some person came up just then and wanted to buy the sheep, 
when witness told him that unless he slaughtered them at the 
nearest slaughter house he had better take them to the place whence 
they came and give notice to the police of the district. At least 
ten sheep were very much affected with scab, and one especially 
was very bad. The others were also affected, and some were 
also swarming with maggots. In reply to the Bench, witness said 
scab was a local and not a constitutional affection, and sheep in- 
fected with scab would not be unfit for food. 
Mr. G. H. JPlumbly , veterinary surgeon, of Skeyton, said he 
knew 7 defendant, and was on Norwich Hill on Saturday, September 
2nd. He saw defendant and Mr. Smith there, and his attention 
w r as called to a quantity of sheep belonging to defendant. These 
sheep were affected with scab. He could not say how many had 
