172 
VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
it was with the greatest difficulty that he was at last able to 
remove them from the pens. He eventually succeeded, leaving 
the calf behind, the delivery of the after birth not being com- 
pleted. The defence was that the removal of the cows did 
them no harm, and that the one not delivered of its calf, on 
its arrival at the defendant’s master’s yard, did not present 
the appearances alluded to, and that the calf was not born 
for two hours after. Mr. Broughton adjourned the inquiry, 
in order to have the evidence of a veterinary surgeon upon 
the subject, and Mr. C. Spooner, senior professor and lecturer 
at the Veterinary College, was selected to give his opinion. 
The evidence of the witnesses having been read : 
Professor Spooner, being sworn, said, he first wished to know 
if the delivery alluded to was completed ? 
Stowe said, that it was not when the cow left the station. 
Mr, Broughton — Would it not be an act of great impropriety 
to remove cows from pens, where they were with fresh straw 7 , 
which had been placed there with great humanity by the 
porters, and drive them a distance of three quarters of a mile 
in the situation they were ? 
Witness — Unquestionably. I cannot conceive a greater 
act of impropriety and cruelty. Any person possessing 
common sense, or any feeling of humanity, would revolt at 
such an act. 
Mr, Broughton — Does your answ r er apply to the cow that 
had calved, or to the other cow which had showm a presen- 
tation ? 
Witness — It will apply to either case. (The professor en- 
tered into details, showing the danger arising from removing 
a cow 7 about to calve.) 
Mr. Broughton — Then your answer applies equally to the 
case where a cow has given birth to a calf and where there 
has been a presentation ? 
Witness — It does. The latter fact makes the case more 
revolting. 
Mr. Broughton— Is it possible for a presentation to take 
place, and then for it to return after the animal has been 
driven a short distance ? 
Witness — 'It is. 
Mr. Broughton — Then if the men at the railway state that 
it had taken place, and another at the defendant’s master’s 
yard that it had not, both may speak the truth ? 
Witness — Yes, sir. 
Mr. Broughton — The removal of a cow in the state it w 7 as 
at the railway might be attended with a dangerous conse- 
quence ? 
