VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
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T took the cob-liorse that night to St. George's, two miles this side of 
Bristol. Hitchcock and myself trimmed the rough hair off the horse’s 
legs, and cut his tail and mane. -We platted the mane on the off side 
with straw. We put some jipping on the horse’s heel. I always carry 
a jipping-box with me. We did this the next morning. After which 
I took the horse, and drove it to Bristol with Hitchcock. 1 saw Curtis 
in Bristol. Curtis went part of the way to Mr. Kent’s. Suppose he 
went far enough to see me go to Kent’s. Hitchcock went with me to 
Mr, Kent’s. 1 told Mr. Kent I had a brown cob-horse which I wanted 
him to examine. Mr. Kent had the horse brought out and the harness 
pulled off. Mr. Kent saw the horse run up and down the rough stones, 
and felt all four of his legs. I went up to Mr. Kent’s house, and he there 
gave me the certificate produced. 
Cross-examined by Mr. Edlin—I told Mr. Kent that a gentleman had 
looked at the horse, and would not be satisfied unless it were pro¬ 
nounced sound by a veterinary surgeon. A gentleman had really asked 
me that. I don’t know who he was. I saw the gentleman on one side 
of the road near Bidson. He took a fancy to the horse. There was no 
one with me when I met this strange gentleman. If I had not met this 
gentleman I should have taken the horse. The gentleman did not give 
me the half-guinea to pay for the examination of the horse, f told 
Mr. Kent to examine the horse and I would give him the half-guinea. 
I never saw the gentleman before or since. I remain at Mr. Curtis’s, 
and go home once a week. Was a horse-dealer eight years. Was a 
horse-dealer from my cradle, and my father before me. Have been in 
difficulties. My difficulties took me to prison for debt seven weeks. I 
combed the horse’s mane and tail. Put no dirt on him, more than a bit 
of jipping. Have spoken to no one since I have been out of Court on 
the subject of this case. Don’t know the reason why Curtis did not go 
to Mr. Kent’s yard. Took Hitchcock with me to see that everything 
was straightforward and right. I was only once in difficulties. I peti¬ 
tioned the Court once, and that is the only time. 
William Hitchcock , examined by Mr. Jones—I am an innkeeper, living 
at Pickwick, in the parish of Corsham. On Wednesday last I went 
from Corsham Station to Bristol. I and Fussell then went to Mr. 
Kent’s with the horse in question, I knew the horse in Mr. Neale’s 
possession, and have known it from a-week old. 
Cross-examined by Mr. Edlin—I know nothing about the horse being 
disguised. I had nothing to do with the “jipping.” I sometimes 
see the horse two or three times a week. The horse had a red mark on 
its off hind leg. When at Mr. Kent’s the horse’s tail and mane were 
both altered. It is a different horse altogether to when I knew him 
first. The horse is not looking so well as when Mr. Humming had 
him. It is different in appearance. 1 never rode him. I saw Fussell 
at an inn in Bristol, where he had a horse and trap. Have known 
Fussell five or six years. Was in Mr. Kent’s yard when he examined 
the horse. All the hair was trimmed. It was six weeks or two months 
before that I saw the horse. Mr. Neale’s man was then on it. 
This closed the defendant’s case. 
Mr. Jones said he should leave the evidence entirely to the jury. 
They had heard the evidence for the defence, and it was for them to 
say whether they would believe the evidence of his three veterinary sur¬ 
geons and Mr. Thompson, all of whom had formed an opinion before 
the action was commenced, and who were therefore impartial and un¬ 
biassed, or whether they would believe the three veterinary gentlemen 
on the other side, who disagree with each other. He cautioned them 
not to be led away by the eloquence of Mr. Edlin, who would follow 
him, for he (Mr. Jones) would have them bear in mind that he (the 
