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look at nothing, Mr. Sayer; he is sound. I got upon his back and 
thought he was “stale” — that is, had been worked. He was then 
put into the stable, and we went into the defendant’s house. Mr. 
Sayer asked the price, and the defendant said £45. The price 
agreed upon was £40. Mr. Clarke said he should expect £2 more 
if the cob turned out well. It was arranged that the cob should be 
sent to Long Stratton to meet some person. 
Cross-examined. — Mr. Sayer mounted the cob himself. He did 
not ride it two miles, nor a quarter of a mile. Mr. Sayer did not 
look at the horse’s feet. 1 do not know whether he looked into 
its mouth. He walked round the horse. Mr. Sayer is my brother- 
in-law, and is a horse dealer; but he only looked round the horse. 
He tried its paces before he mounted him, by running it up a gravel. 
Re-examined. — He did not take up the feet at all. 
John Aldis. — I live in Norwich. I am a horse clipper during 
the season. I have been accustomed all my life to horses. On 
the 6th of October I was sent to Stratton for a horse. Mr. Clarke’s 
servant gave the cob into my possession. I rode him from Stratton 
to Norwich. It came very feebly and fumbling on its feet. I rode 
it slowly, and was two hours and a quarter in coming. I observed 
it while standing in the stable afterwards. It was standing point- 
ing with his toe. I should judge this was from pain. On arriving 
at Norwich I took the cob to Mr. Sayer’s stable. A few minutes 
after Mr. Sayer requested me to take it to Mr. Steward’s brewery ; 
I did so, and left it. On the same day I met Mr. Clarke near the 
plaintiffs. He asked me if Mr. Sayer was at home. I did not 
say any thing to the defendant about the horse. The defendant 
said he wished to see Mr. Sayer at his quarters. 
Cross-examined. — I saw Mr. Clarke as I came from Mr. 
Steward’s brewery. I said nothing to either plaintiff or defendant 
about it. 
John Withers. — I am servant to Sir Eaton Travers, and was so 
in October. 1 went to Mr. Steward’s brewery for a cob, which I 
took to Yarmouth. As I rode on the way I found he was a tender- 
footed horse. He dropped once or twice. He dropped, being 
tender- footed and thin-soled, when he touched a stone with his 
foot. When I put him into the stable he pointed the toe, and I 
found he did this next morning. It was the same foot, but I can- 
not say which. I named this to Sir Eaton Travers, who sent the 
horse to a blacksmith’s the same day. I merely tried the horse 
once or twice for exercise. He still went feelingly. After trying 
the horse for some time Sir Eaton Travers returned it. I brought 
it back to Norwich, and left it with Mr. Sayer. 
Cross-examined. — The horse is not a very plain one, not quite 
so good a horse as it would become Sir Eaton Travers to ride. It 
