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VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
The Quarterly Balance Sheet was read, showing a balance 
in hand of £267 6<s. 11 d.; when — 
It was moved by Mr. Field , and seconded by Mr. Jex, 
“That it be received and adopted.” Carried unanimously. 
Cheques were ordered to be drawn for £50 to the Secre- 
tary, and £28 4s. for current expenses. 
By order of the Council, 
E. N. Gabriel, Secretary. 
Veterinary Jurisprudence. 
SHEEEIELD COUNTY COURT. 
Action for Injury to a Horse. 
Hill v. Challener. 
The plaintiff, Mr. Hill, of the Albion Corn Mills, Shemeld 
Croft, sought to recover £20 from the defendant, Mr. W. 
Challener, blacksmith, Sheffield Park, for injury done to a 
horse. 
Mr. Chambers appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Fretson 
for the defendant. 
It appeared that on Wednesday, the 22d of April last, a 
horse for which Mr. Hill several years ago gave £32, was 
placed under the care of Mr. S. E. Turner, then of Sheffield, 
but now of Tickhill, veterinary surgeon, for canker in one of 
the fore feet. 
Mr. Turner , in his evidence, sad that on the Thursday 
he gave the animal a six-drachm aloetic ball, and had it 
kept in the stable. It had warm mashes to eat, and poul- 
tices were applied to the foot. Between ten and eleven 
o’clock on the Saturday morning, he, Mr. Turner, went to 
the premises of Mr. Challener, and asked him to meet him 
at the stable at eleven o’clock to put on the shoe and dress 
the horse’s foot. He desired Mr. Challener not to take the 
horse out of the stable, or do anything to the foot until he 
arrived, because he had been physicked. On reaching the 
stable, Mr. Turner found that Mr. Challener had preceded 
him, had taken the horse out of the stable, placed him in a 
very exposed situation, without any rug or covering, and was 
paring the foot. He complained, and requested Mr. Challener 
to take the horse into the stable, but the latter refused, 
saying he would take no harm. It was a very cold day, and 
