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VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
and costs. It is now therefore settled that a horse may be returned for 
not answering the description in the printed particulars of sale. The 
case of “ Warlow v. Harrison/’ decided a few days since in the Court 
of Error, from the Queen’s Bench, has decided that when horses are 
advertised to be sold without reserve, the owner or his agent cannot 
buy them in, but that the last bond fide bidder is the purchaser, and as 
such can maintain an action against the auctioneer for the specific 
chattel sold. (See last vol., p. 547.) 
GUILDHALL. 
CHARGE OF DEFRAUDING THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE. 
Joseph Bullock , described as a servant, of 133, Warwick-street, Pim¬ 
lico, was brought up charged, according to the police sheet, with having 
obtained a sum of £42, of Sir Alexander E. Cockburn, the Lord Chief 
Justice, by falsely representing a horse which he sold to be sound, and 
to be the property of a Mr. Prentice. 
Louis Dufour , butler to Sir Alexander E. Cockburn, was in attend¬ 
ance to support the charge. 
Alderman Hale —Is this a horse case? 
Mr. Martin (chief clerk)—This is a case, Sir, in which it would be 
better to allow the matter to stand over, and call upon the defendant to 
enter into his own recognisances to appear on a future day. 
Mr. Buchanan~\ attend on behalf of the defendant. 
Mr. Martin —This is a case of a warranty. What do you propose to 
do in the matter? 
Mr. Buchanan —I submit that this court has no jurisdiction. 
Mr. Martin then read the warranty, which stated that the horse in 
question was a bay gelding, quiet in single or double harness, a good 
hunter, and quite sound. The veterinary surgeon’s certificate, which 
was also read, stated that the bay gelding was a confirmed roarer. It 
had a splint in the near fore leg, an enlargement on the near hock, and 
it was generally unsound. 
Mr. Buchanan —It is clear it is merely a matter of pounds, shillings, 
and pence. 
Alderman Hale —Well, Mr. Martin, what can we do in this matter? 
Mr. Martin —Perhaps you will let the matter stand over, and take 
the defendant’s recognisances to appear. 
Alderman Hale —But if we have no jurisdiction, how can we do 
that? 
Mr. Buchanan —I am quite willing that the defendant should enter 
into his recognisances if the Court desires it, and, in the mean time, I 
believe the case will be arranged. The defendant sold this horse for 
his master, and he only obeyed his instructions in the matter. 
Alderman Hale —Well, Mr. Buchanan, I have no doubt you will advise 
your client to do what is right. 
Mr. Buchanan —I certainly shall advise the defendant to return the 
money. 
Mr. Dufour —I am quite willing to accede to the course suggested by 
Mr. Buchanan. 
The defendant was then discharged on the understanding that he 
should enter into recognisances to appear on Thursday, but that form 
was shortly after dispensed with by the defendant’s repaying the amount 
he was charged with obtaining under the circumstances above men¬ 
tioned. 
