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mother’s, and if you come I will sell it ;” I went and saw it ; 
it was not the horse I meant, and I told him so ; this was a 
black one — the other was a bay ; he said this was at your 
mother’s before the bay, and will suit you better ; he asked 
£6 for it ; I said “ Is there anything the matter with him 
John,” for I thought his nose was wet; he said “No — the 
horse lay in the } r ard and caught cold, and he had a large 
place gathered under his throat as big as a turkey’s egg, and 
that was quinsy ; it broke and run at the nose, and stunk a 
great deal 66 I said it stinks now he said, “nothing to 
what it has done, — it is almost gone.” I said, “ Do you know' 
a glandered horse, John;” he said “Yes ;” I said “ I do not, I 
never saw one ;” defendant said “ I had one once and sold 
him for about 30-5 ;” I said “ Surely there is nothing of that 
about it ;” he said “ No, —I can take my oath of that, and so 
can Tom ; he was at Mr. Smith’s four days ago, and worked 
by the side of horses worth £30, — I can take my oath there 
is nothing catching about him at all ; he could do as good a 
day’s work as any in the parish ;” I said “ If you will let me 
have it for fourteen days, if he is as good as you say. I’ll keep 
him, and if I don’t like it I’ll pay you for the time ;” he said I 
should take it. That was on the 6th of Feb. I took the 
horse home, and left .him to be shod at the blacksmith’s ; I 
worked the h.orse the next day, and on the 10th sent it with 
my other horses to Stortford ; the man came back without 
it, and I never saw it any more ; I went to Stortford, and saw 
the police, and found what had taken place; I sent for 
defendant, who came to me at twelve o’clock at night, and 
said he had the horse killed ; I said, “ Then he was glandered, 
John,” and he said “ No, but I had him killed because I 
would not get into further trouble about it.” My other 
horses had been well, but on the Wednesday after they were 
taken ill, and five died, and another I had killed ; they were 
agitated and could not draw their breath ; Mr. Rule, the 
veterinary surgeon, saw them ; I had a donkey inoculated 
from them and it died ; I valued the horses I lost at £60, 
if to be sold in the market, but I would rather have the 
horses than £100. Mr. Taylor lent me horses to do my 
work or I should not have been able to do it. Besides the 
loss of the horses, I am liable for about £10 expenses in 
connexion with the effects produced by the purchase of this 
horse. A week after the horse was killed, defendant said to 
me, “ This is the day to pay for the horse.” 
Cross-examined. Had knowm defendant 1-5 years; he is a 
dealer and a jobber. Have seen him sell horses at the fair; 
did not ask defendant in the market if he had a low-priced 
