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two miles from the town; and at this time a leader was 
attached to the cart to draw it up a hill called Red-hill, and 
the leader was taken off when they got to the top. Witness 
rode on, and the defendant overtook him, and he saw him whip 
the pony, and also beat it with the stick. He appeared to 
hit as hard as he could with both ; but it seemed to make 
very little impression on the pony. The ribs of the pony 
rattled when the defendant hit him with the stick. He 
continued beating and whipping the pony all the distance 
witness accompanied him, which was about six miles and a 
half, and as they w T ere going along the defendant said he 
wished he had a collar, as he had some traces in his cart, and 
witness could have helped him along. The pony at this time 
certainly seemed to require helping along. The defendant 
stopped at Gerard’s-cross, and they had some half-and-half 
together, and the ostler told the defendant that the pony 
would no more get to Oxford that night than he should; and 
he looked “ beat” then. The defendant made no reply to 
this, but drove off, and the pony appeared to be very stiff ; 
the defendant very soon began to use the whip and stick. 
Nothing was given to the pony at this stoppage. The de- 
fendant got out when they came to a hill, and the pony 
appeared hardly able to draw up the empty cart, and the 
defendant again used the whip and stick. As they were going 
along he told him that if he got into Oxford in time, he thought 
he should win about 60^. The pony was in a very good 
condition when he first saw him in the morning, considering 
the distance he had come. 
By Mr. Williams. — The leader was put on at a steep hill. 
A friend of the defendant’s recognised him at Beaconsfield, 
and they had some drink together, and the pony’s mouth 
was washed out. 
By the Rev. Mr. Carter. — The reason witness rode after 
the defendant was, that many persons in Uxbridge said that 
the pony would never reach Beaconsfield at all, and witness 
having a horse to exercise, he rode to Beaconsfield to see 
what took place, and whether the pony really performed the 
distance. 
William Blackwell said that he was one of the parish 
constables of Beaconsfield. Between four and five o’clock on 
the afternoon of the 21st December, he saw Mr. Pickett 
drive past his house with a pony and cart. He was standing 
at a window up stairs, in his own house, and the state in 
which the pony appeared to be, induced him to go down 
into the street. The pony rolled about in the shafts, and 
also across the road, and the defendant was beating it most 
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