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MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE. 
for a grey horse, giving also £5 to boot, and receiving a war- 
ranty of soundness with the grey. This took place on the 25th 
of August. The horse was ridden as far as Woodford, about 
10 miles, by the plaintiff’s groom, on the following day, and on 
the succeeding day he proceeded 30 miles farther to Woodhall, 
where was the country seat of the plaintiff. On his arrival he 
was perceived to be lame, and, a veterinary surgeon being called 
in, he was pronounced to be unsound on account of his having 
corns, an enlargement of one of the fetlock joints, and a splint. 
The plaintiff, in consequence of this, wished to return him, but 
the defendant refused to take him back ; he was therefore sent 
to the Horse Bazaar, and sold by auction to the defendant for 
50 guineas. The action was brought for the deficiency and the 
expenses. 
We have not been able to obtain any authentic account of the 
evidence produced on the trial. We have often asked our vete- 
rinary friends to have the kindness to inform us when these trials 
are coming on. A faithful report of them, at least, should be given, 
and many important points in veterinary jurisprudence and horse 
knowledge might be elucidated. 
A Sunday newspaper, however, contains copies of most of the 
certificates which were then produced ; we transcribe them, for 
they present an almost incredible discrepancy of opinion, and 
will probably be added by our readers to their collection of vete- 
i inaria curiosa et opprobria. 
Mr. Sewell examined the horse on the 1st of September, 
soon after the discovery of the lameness, and it was chiefly on 
the faith of his certificate of unsoundness that the action was 
commenced. The certificate runs thus : — 
Sept. 1st, 1836. 
I certify, that a grey horse which I have examined this day, for Richard 
Birch Wolfe,Esq. is spavined in both hock joints, has splents onboth fore legs, 
the near fore fetlock joint is considerably enlarged, with chronic disease of 
the ligaments; there is a corn in the off fore foot, and separation of the sole 
from the crust in that part. The horse is lame, and decidedly unsound in 
consequence. 
William Sewell, 
Assistant Professor, Royal Veterinary College. 
Three months passed on before the matter was brought to trial, 
a little before which, the parties, in order to strengthen their re- 
spective cases, applied to other veterinary surgeons. The horse 
was sent to Mr. Field on the 1st of December. His certificate 
most curiously corroborates that of Mr. Sewell. 
224, Oxford Street, Dec. 1. 
I hereby certify that I have this day examined a grey gelding sent here 
for Mr. Yates, and observe that he has a slight defect in the off-eye, which 
