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VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
rinary surgeon in the Borough ; was sent for to see the horse on 
Good Friday; he was very ill. I bled him, took from him three 
quarts of blood ; ordered mustard poultice on his side, and gave him 
a draught; did not see him again the same day. I was there when 
the horse was opened ; two pails of water came from the chest : 
the left lobe of the lung was diseased, and three abscesses were 
formed on it ; it had a previous attack of three or four months’ 
standing. I believe this to be the cause of death. 
By the Judge. — The abscess could not have formed in six days; 
I was applied to for a certificate of the death ; that is it. (Put in, 
and read.) 
By Mr. Sergeant Chennell. — I have been in court all the time 
the witnesses have been examined. 
Thomas Whately , horse slaughterer. — Has been so for thirty 
years. I saw the lungs of the horse ; they were in an ulcerated state ; 
three abscesses on the left lobe were in a state of corruption. 
Cross-examined by Mr. Bovill. — The water or matter in the 
chest was a pink colour ; there were about two pailfuls in the 
chest. 
By Mr. Chambers. — There were three or four abscesses on the 
lungs. 
Mr. James Turner, veterinary surgeon, of Regent-street, Lon- 
don, and Croydon. — Has been thirty-five years in practice: the 
disease was on the horse when sold ; it was of long standing. 
By Mr. Sergeant Chennell. — The distinct abscesses led me to 
say it was of long standing ; he could not have worked without 
shewing symptoms of distress; he would have been off his appetite; 
his cough would increase ; his coat look rough. He might have 
travelled 28 miles at a foot pace, but, if he was trotted, not more 
than 12 miles. If the disease was chronic, bleeding would be proper. 
T do not like to purge with aloes : I consider the care and treat- 
ment of the horse to have been very good; under the circumstances 
bleeding was highly proper. 
Mr. Gillingham said, his expenses for attending the horse would 
be two guineas ; the keep of the horse for the week he thought 
was worth one more. 
This closed the case for the plaintiff. 
Mr. Sergeant Chennell here made a long speech on his case for 
the defence, and proceeded to call a score of Yorkshiremen, who 
were witnesses for the defence, some of whom had known the 
animal from its infancy. It was a long time before one could be 
found who had heard the horse cough, till they came to the ostler 
of the Raby Arms, who heard the animal give, as he described it, 
a good sound healthy cough, rather sharp and deep. This observa- 
tion caused a deal of laughter, as it was elicited from him by Mr. 
Montague Chambers in his own peculiar manner, which, during 
