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hornsful were given to the horse ; witness was then called away by Frederick 
Aubyn, another of Mr. Fisher’s servants, and he left Aubyn to assist Cart¬ 
wright. The appearance of the bottle inside and out was very filthy ; witness 
returned to the stable in about twenty minutes; Cartwright directed him to 
give the horse some w'arm water in the course of an hour and a half or two 
hours, and a hot mash, and he did so, but the horse would not take either; 
he appeared to want to drink, but could not; his mouth and lips appeared 
sore and swelled; he put his lips to the water, but snatched them back as 
soon as he could j witness did not see him swallow a mouthful. Witness 
afterwards took him a hot bran mash, but he was not able to eat it; witness 
put his finger to the skin of the mouth at night—it appeared swollen and 
sore; witness saw the horse again between six and seven on Tuesday morn¬ 
ing, the l/th; he seemed very bad, and very badly swelled; witness rubbed 
his hand down the horse’s mouth, and the skin all stripped ofif; witness 
saw the horse about six o’clock on the Wednesday morning: he then 
appeared very full of pain, and looked very drooping ; saw Mr. Matthews 
there about nine o’clock on the Wednesday; the horse was taken out by 
his direction ; the horse was led out about a hundred yards; defendant then 
ordered the horse to be stopped, and turned round very carefully: defendant 
was afraid of the horse falling, he appeared so weak; defendant told witness 
to take the horse very quietly to the stable, which was done ; Matthews then 
said he had given him fifteen drops of croton oil in his physic, and it had 
killed him, and he would be a dead horse; witness asked him if he had ever 
given fifteen drops of the oil before; defendant said he had given a horse 
as much again; defendant also said he wished the horse had been at the 
devil before he had given it to him. Mr. Matthews came backwards and 
forwards to the horse that morning every half hour, for two or three hours; 
defendant said several times the oil had been too much for him; he repeated 
that the oil had killed him, and he would be dead. The horse died about 
eleven or twelve o’clock on the Wednesday morning. In witness’s opinion, 
the horse was unable to swallow on the Tuesday; did not see him swallow 
any thing; saw on Wednesday morning the horse had rubbed his hind thighs 
very badly; the horse did not cough at all while the medicine was being, 
administered. Mr. Matthews came on the Tuesday night, and directed the; 
groom to oil the horse’s mouth and nose well; the horse was in a loose box, 
and there was no other horse in the box with him. < 
In cross-examination, witness said the horse had been puffed in his two 
hind legs; did not perceive that he had a spavin; he had been blistered 
many times; he had been fired in the two hind legs, and had been sent out 
to grass after. 
Shuker examined. —Is coachman and groom at Mr. Fisher’s; the 
horse in question was a fine-looking horse, had very good action, and was 
very gentle. Mr. Robert Fisher directed witness to go to Mr. Matthews, on 
Sunday, the 15lh of April, and tell him to send a ball for the horse next day; 
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