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VETERINARIAN JURISPRUDENCE. 
Mr. Joseph Carter, Veterinary Surgeon, Bradford, stated 
that he saw the mare on the 28th of February; found a ring- 
bone and a bog-spavin. Ringbones vary both in form and 
size. He noticed the size of that. It could not have arrived 
at the advanced stage it was in less than three or four 
months. The bog-spavin must have existed three months. 
Other evidence having been given, nearly to the same 
effect, by Mr. John Morville, Veterinary Surgeon, of Wake- 
field, and Mr. Edward Yates, of Leeds, who had examined 
the mare to-day, 
Mr. Mitchell addressed the jury, contending that there was 
no unsoundness existing on the 3d of January, and then 
called James Parkinson, the defendant, who first gave an 
account of the sale to the plaintiff, and then of a conversa- 
tion he had with the plaintiff and a man of the name of Briggs 
in the early part of February, in which conversation he 
alleged that the plaintiff was well satisfied with the mare, 
and would not take less than £30 for her. He then gave an 
account of another conversation in a few days after, in which 
the plaintiff said he would make the defendant take the mare 
back. He then said, he saw the mare running away on the 
14th of February; and some lads jerking her head. Part 
of a stick knocked about her legs might have caused the 
(so-called) bog spavin. “ I showed the mare at four fairs 
before I sold her to the plaintiff.” 
Joseph Oddy shod the mare about the 20th of December, 
before the sale, and saw no bog-spavin or ringbone. 
John Wilson shod the mare after the auction sale, and 
found some tow in her foot, as if she had been bled for 
a sprain. 
Mr. Thomas Haycock, Veterinary Surgeon, of Elland, had 
seen the mare to-day. She had an enlargement, caused by 
some injury. It was not of long standing. He saw no 
blemish in the mare. 
Mr. Henry Wheatley, Veterinary Surgeon, of Halifax, had 
examined the mare on the 5th of April last. There was no 
ringbone. She had an enlargement of recent origin. It did 
not interfere with her action. 
Mr. Terry then addressed the jury in reply, and the learned 
Judge summed up, when the jury retired for about ten 
minutes, and brought in a verdict for the plaintiff for the full 
amount claimed . — Leeds Mercury. 
