LUCAS V. BLUNDELL. 
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sold, and afterwards ; but she was lame when she was returned, 
and perhaps she had received a kick from a hostler, or a knock 
on her leg against a pail: of that he knew nothing; but certainly 
in a few days her lameness subsided, and she was well after¬ 
wards. He (Mr. C.) should call evidence to prove those facts; 
and it would be for them to say whether the plaintiff was not 
entitled to a verdict. 
Witnesses were then called to establish the case as stated by 
counsel, and 
Mr. Sergeant Atcherley addressed the Jury for the the de¬ 
fendant, commenting wdth some severity on the condition of sale 
adopted by Mr. Lucas, which almost precluded the possibility 
of a horse being examined and returned in the prescribed period. 
He then stated the nature of the evidence he was about to ad¬ 
duce, by which he should shew that the mare had been known 
as lame when in the possession of a gentleman in Ireland ; and 
that Farrall knew of her lameness and unsoundness at the time 
she was sold to Mr. Blundell. 
To prove this he called a stud-groom, who had her under his 
care in Ireland, and Mr. Walton, livery-stable keeper of this 
town, who examined her before the sale, and told Farrall of her 
unsoundness; but he also stated that Mr. Blundell brought her 
to him before he made the purchase, and he told him also that 
she was lame. Other witnesses proved her lameness, and one, 
a servant to the defendant, stated that she was not returned 
before twelve o’clock on the following day on account of the 
wetness of the morning. 
Mr, Cresweil replied, and 
His Lordship summed up the evidence, in the course of which 
he intimated that the defendant had not made out his plea, that 
he had been induced to purchase by Farrall’s fraud and rnis' 
representation. 
The Jury consulted foi ashort time, and then returned a verdict 
for the plaintiff—Damages, £47..10s. 
ifltli0ceUan^A. 
The Great Horse Fa hi of St. Luc, in Norm andy. 
The rapid progress of improvement in the amelioration of the 
breed of horses in the valley of Auge was evident at the last 
October fair at Saint Luc. Sucking colts, principally from the 
valley, are annually brought hither, and sold to the rearers of the 
plain of Caen ; and in proper time they come thence into the 
general market. On the ((uality of the stock at these fairs 
