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VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
The horse was purchased on the 1 4th of May for £40; on 
the 16th it was sent home. On the 18th, the horse was sent 
to Binegar fair to be sold ; it was not sold, but was after- 
wards disposed of to the brother of the plaintiff, Mr. William 
Brooke, who lives at Hambrook, near Bristol. It was sent 
to FisheFs Repository, and was there examined by Mr. 
Nathaniel Leigh an experienced veterinary surgeon, who 
pronounced it to be unsound. It was subsequently examined 
by Mr. Sidney James, another veterinary surgeon, who again 
pronounced it to be unsound. On the 9th of June notice of 
the unsoundness was served upon the defendant. The horse 
was sold at the Repository for £32, and the plaintiff now 
sought to recover the balance, together with the expenses to 
which he had been put. 
The following comprises the professional evidence elicited 
during the trial : 
Nathaniel Leigh. — I am a veterinary surgeon, at the horse 
Repository there. I have been in practice about fifteen 
years. I recollect this horse being sent to our Repository for 
my inspection and examination on May 3 1st. I examined 
the horse, and I thought him a very unsound horse, from 
diseased fore-feet, and enlargement of the inside of the hock, 
termed bone-spavin. The disease in the fore-feet was con- 
traction, and that caused the horse to be lame. The horse 
was very unsound. I should call it a chronic disease of 
many months* standing ; twelve months it may be. I have 
no doubt it could not have come on after the 14th of May. 
In my opinion the value of this horse, if it went in harness, 
was about £20. For riding I should say it was valueless. 
It appeared to me to be a bad-tempered horse, from what 
I saw of him when he was with us. He remained there 
about ten days before he was sold. 
Cross-examined. — The disease was very perceptible in both 
hocks. Both hocks were enlarged. 
The following certificate was then read by Mr . Jillard : 
“August 31st, 1853, Repository Mart, College Street, Bristol. Examination 
of bay horse for Mr. Brooke. I, Nathaniei Leigh, veterinary surgeon, have this 
day examined a bay horse for Mr. Brooke, and pronounced the horse to be un- 
sound from cusion (contraction) of the fore-feet : he has also an enlargement on 
the inside of the hocks termed bone-spavin, the near hock in particular. 
“ Nathaniel Leigh, Veterinary Surgeon.” 
The word “cusion” was explained to be a clerical error. It 
should have been contraction. 
The Judge. — How do you suppose that contraction was 
brought on? 
