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VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
£80. I did not ask the groom at Northallerton, in May, to 
warrant the horse. I saw the groom on the same horse, at Leeds, 
the day after. I got the groom to run him down the street. I 
received the horse. I do not recollect asking him the price of the 
horse. It was the same horse I gave £42 for. I think he asked 
me £50. If he had been gingered, he would have gone well. 
After I bought him, I gingered him. I liked the look of the horse. 
The man told me at Leeds that he belonged to a gentleman at 
Halifax. I came over to Halifax, and saw Mr. Hartley, and gave 
him «£42 for him. 1 examined the horse, and said that he was 
lame. I cannot tell you what is the unsoundness. I charged him 
with unsoundness in his fore feet. 
Edward Coleman Dray , veterinary surgeon, Leeds. — I ex- 
amined the horse at plaintiff’s stables, in May, at Mrs. Pollard’s 
instance. I found the horse lame in its fore legs. I had the 
horse’s shoes removed, and found considerable aberration of the 
feet. There was convexity of both soles, also contraction of the 
heels of the hoof, more particularly the off or far foot, also inden- 
tation in the anterior part of the wall of the foot. That examina- 
tion satisfied me that the horse was unsound. I did not then give 
a certificate. The unsoundness was of a chronic character. I saw 
the horse again in the afternoon, and the lameness was then more 
apparent. I saw the horse on the 21st June, at Young’s stables, 
in the presence of Mr. Morville, and the horse was then lame. 
The appearances were unchanged, and would constitute unsound- 
ness, although the horse might not go lame. I saw him again on 
the 23d June, at the blacksmith’s shop, with Mr. Scriven. The 
shoes were removed with care. All the appearances were the 
same. I have seen him to-day, and have driven him from 
Bradford. 
Cross-examined . — He did not go lame this morning. I have 
not heard of his having had a kick at Harrogate. The horse has 
had lameness. It is a disease which joins the sensitive to the 
insensitive part of the hoof. The contraction of the foot is the 
result of disease, and not the natural conformation of the foot. If 
this horse went over the stones, I have no doubt he would go lame. 
If the horse has gone for six months sound, without exhibiting 
lameness, he could not have acute laminitis at the time. He puts 
his heels down first if suffering from it. I have not found cart- 
horses more subject to this disease than others. Mr. Yates was 
not by when I examined the horse. The unsoundness is observ- 
able to a professional eye. Contraction of the heel and convex 
soles can co-exist, and do in this instance. 
William Clay, livery-stable keeper, Leeds. — I was requested by 
Mrs. Bolland to purchase a carriage-horse for her. I saw the 
