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NORTH OF ENGLAND VETERINARY MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 
The twenty-seventh Quarterly Meeting of this Association was 
held at Mr, Gray’s, Adelphi Hotel, Newcastle-on-Tyne, on Friday, 
28th October, 1870. The members present were Messrs. D. 
Dudgeon, Sunderland (President) ; C. Hunting, South Hetton ; 
M. Iledley, Darlington ; and the Honorary Secretary. 
The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed ; 
the election of office-bearers was then proceeded with. Mr. Brydon, 
of Leaham, was elected President for the ensuing year. 
Messrs. II. Hunter, Newcastle, and D. Macgregor, Bedlington, 
were elected Vice-Presidents. 
Messrs. C. Hunting, H. E. Wilkinson, C. Stephenson, M. 
Hedley, J. E. Peele, and R. Hall were elected Councilmen. 
Mr. D. Dudgeon, Treasurer, and Mr. J. Meikle, Secretary, were 
re-elected for the ensuing year. 
Mr. Dudgeon read a paper relative to the following cases : 
1st. Traumatic tetanus in a horse. 
2nd. Idiopathic tetanus in a mare. 
3rd. Spasm of the larynx in a horse. 
4th. Strangulated hernia in a horse. 
The particulars of these cases were very interesting, and led to a 
profitable discussion, in which all the members took part. 
Mr. Hunting proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Dudgeon, for his 
instructive paper ; also for the ability and untiring attention with 
which he had conducted the duties of chairman during his term of 
office. The motion was supported by Mr. Hedley, and carried. 
The Annual Meeting of the Society will be held in January, 
1871, when the President will deliver his inaugural address. 
John Meikle, Hon. Secretary. 
Veterinary Jurisprudence. 
SENDING BAD MEAT TO LONDON. IMPRISONMENT WITH 
HARD LABOUR. 
. At the November Sessions for the County of Middlesex William 
Birks and Walter Stevenson surrendered to their bail on a charge of 
consigning for purposes of public sale 150 lbs. of diseased and un- 
wholesome meat to Robert Sketchley, salesman, of Charterhouse 
Lane. The indictment also contained a charge of conspiring to 
cause the same unwholesome meat to be exposed for sale. Mr. 
Poland and Mr. Besley (instructed by Mr. Baylis on behalf of the 
Commissioners of Sewers) prosecuted; Mr. Montagu Williams 
