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lungs. As to the appearances of hepatization, those he con¬ 
sidered it possible to have occurred within a few weeks prior to 
death, as well as the effusion of water in the chest; and he added, 
that, if such disease as had been described had existed, the horse 
would necessarily have shewn some symptoms of it in its breathing : 
it would have exhibited weakness, and most probably would have 
had a cough. In short, the appearances which Mr. Vincent and 
Mr. Broad had described were quite consistent with the fact of 
their having been acquired within a recent period of the death— 
he should say a few weeks. 
Mr. Lamngton. —Have you dissected horses which have died 
from pleuro-pneumonia 1 
Mr. Coleman. —I have; and I have seen the same symptoms as 
have been described in this case. The operation of the disease is 
very rapid. I have opened an animal affected only a few days, 
and the internal appearances have been precisely similar to those 
which have been described to-day. 
Mr. Norris. —And the appearances you have heard spoken of 
do not necessarily import the existence of chronic disease ] 
Mr. Coleman. —Certainly not; they may arise from recent 
causes. 
By Mr. Hulbert. —I have been in practice six years, and have 
made many post-mortem examinations. Dropsy is a sequel to 
pleuro-pneumonia. 
Several questions were put by the Judge to this witness; after 
which Mr. Hulbert addressed the Jury on behalf of the plaintiff; 
and his Honour having summed up the case, the Jury requested 
permission to retire for a short time, to consider their verdict. 
In about a quarter of an hour they returned into Court, when 
Mr. Blandford, of Rowde (the foreman), said—We have weighed 
well the observations of your Honour; and although we consider 
the evidence of the professional gentlemen very strong, it is not, in 
our opinion, equal to the facts which have been stated on the part 
of the defendant. The one is only suggestive, the other is beyond 
dispute; and I have a monitor within myself, having unfortunately 
only one sound lung, and which prevents running hardly three 
steps without coughing, which has had some influence with me 
in coming to my decision in this case.—Our verdict is for the 
defendant. 
His Honour said he thought no one could find fault with the 
reasons which had operated on the minds of the Jury in arriving 
at this verdict. 
