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VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
It was suggested that, as there were three separate sum- 
monses, the evidence should be taken against the whole of the 
defendants, as though it was one case. 
Mr. Morgan acceded to this arrangement on the under- 
standing that he should be at liberty to call any two of the 
defendants as witnesses in favour of the third. 
Mr. Thomas then stated that a black Belgian horse was 
consigned to a party in London, and was standing at Messrs. 
Rymill and Gow r er’s repository, from which place it w r as sent 
to King’s Arms-yard to be fresh shod. While there, the 
defendants, George and Richard, were seen to belabour the 
head and body of the horse with thick, heavy sticks, until 
quite exhausted, the animal sunk on its knees. It w^as then 
knocked on its side, wdien one of the defendants, seizing a 
sledge hammer, delivered several severe blows upon the 
horse, just under the flank, from the effects of which, after a 
few convulsive struggles, the horse almost immediately died. 
The owner had been satisfied for the loss of the horse, but 
the society thought it a case for public inquiry, and therefore 
obtained summones against all the defendants, Alfred being 
present during a great part of the time. 
Mrs. Sarah Alviston, of 10 Kingfs Arms-yard, stated that, 
on Monday, the 17th of January last, she saw the defendants, 
George and Richard, in the shed where the horses are shod. 
Her attention was drawn to them by hearing the sound of 
blows in the yard, and, on looking out, she saw Richard 
standing near the head of a horse, and holding a rope by 
which it w^as tied to a beam, and George was beating the 
horse with a stick about twice the thickness of a broomstick. 
He continued striking the animal on the head and shoulders 
for a few minutes, and then Richard took up the same stick, 
and commenced beating the horse, while George stood near 
its head. This lasted about five minutes, and then George 
and Richard took it in turn, and ultimately they both beat 
the horse at the same time, and continued to do so until the 
horse fell on its knees. Richard then struck it several times 
on the shoulder, and it rolled on its side, when he took up a 
hammer, and struck it three times on the ribs, at the same 
time saying, “ That’ll have him up.” The horse struggled 
violently for five minutes after this, and then expired. They 
endeavoured to restore the horse, by pouring water down its 
throat, but without success. They then proposed bleeding 
the animal ; but their father told them it was no use, as the 
horse w r as dead. Alfred w r as present, but took no active part 
in ill-treating the horse. 
Cross-examined— The horse’s head was tied close to the 
