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saw the horse trotted out ; Mr. Burford had a stick with him, he 
might have galloped him. Mr. Earl was there with us; he hit him 
sharply with a stick; my master bought five horses afterwards; he 
bought ten in Durham. We had four before; we went to Durham 
and bought them at the fair; bought only ten in the fair. I may 
know the Angel Inn, but I stopped at the King’s Head, kept by 
Mr. Edie ; I took six hours to walk the horse from Durham to 
Darlington; I stopped at the King’s Head; do not know the ostler; 
I know Mr. Lax ; may know the Angel ; I did not go near it 
within one mile. I do not recollect seeing Lax at the fair; was not 
at Lax’s house ; did not shew the horse to any one there ; did not 
go through Smeaton ; the only stables the horse was in was at 
Durham, Darlington, York, and my master’s. I did not ride him ; 
he coughed several times; it was fine weather and mild on Sunday, 
but Monday wet; noticed him when at York; saw he had not 
eaten his corn; did not call in a surgeon; saw him two hours after, 
and bled him ; I saw him at eleven o’clock at night : he would be 
difficult to match. 
By Mr. Chambers. — I was with my master when he bought the 
horse ; it was the same ; the horses were always left in my care. 
1 have three hundred or four hundred a-year in my care. I did 
not see my master after I left Durham till I reached home; he paid 
for the horses coming by railway; I did not pay from York to 
London. 
Mr. John Hall, examined by Mr. Chambers. — I live at Sedge- 
field ; I saw the bay horse ; I did not want to buy it ; 1 was not 
present when Mr. Burford bought it. I saw the horse at North- 
allerton fair, on the 14th of February ; the horse had been in a 
field at Sedgefield; it came running towards me, and, from a grunt 
or cough, I thought he was affected in the lungs. 
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Chennell. — There were no 
other horses in the field at the same time. 
William Earl, examined by Mr. Chambers. — I live in York- 
shire; was present when plaintiff bought the horse; saw the horse 
trotted up and down ; I heard him cough, but did not mention it ; 
it was no business of mine. I heard the plaintiff ask if the horse 
hed been ill lately, since Northallerton fair ; defendant said, “ no, 
he would warrant him sound and all right;” he asked £60 for him. 
I thought it a “ roarer ;” did not say so, as it was no business of 
mine. I was with Mr. Burford at Darlington. 
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Chennell. — I saw Mr. Chris- 
topher this week : did not run after him so that I might know him ; 
he was not pointed out to me ; the horse was hit with a stick 
while running; I thought him unsound. I have sold plaintiff horses; 
I have known him many years ; he has staid at my house ; I have 
not been stopping at his house. I went on Sunday last with him to 
Gravesend ; four or five of us went with him. 
