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which bones had been boiled, was mixed up, and then the injurious 
vapours arose.—Mr. Macaulay then detailed the process of bone-smash¬ 
ing', which will be found in the evidence below. 
Plaintiff said he was a grazier, and occupied a farm called the Manor 
Farm, at Lubbenham. It consisted of about 150 acres. Three fields 
were called the Great Close, the Great Toft Close, and the Little Toft 
Close. They were large pastures and valuable. The defendant occu¬ 
pied some manure mills in the same parish, about a mile-and-a-half 
from his house, and about a mile and a quarter from the farm. The 
mill was situate upon the side of the hill, and it was about upon a level 
with the three closes named. Remembered noticing the beasts during 
the month of May last, in these closes. There were about fifty beasts in 
one of the closes; some of them had been there about a fortnight, and 
some six months. They were running about in a very distracted state. 
He then went into the next close, called the Great Close, in which were 
fifty-six beasts. They were also in a very distressed state, and ran 
about in an extraordinary manner. He visited each close the following 
dav, and found the beasts still in the same state. Went each successive 
day, but then the beasts were not in so bad a state, and gradually 
became more settled. The wind during this time was blowing from the 
mill, in a north-easterly direction, of which wind they had a good deal, 
during the spring. At this time he could not account for the effects 
produced upon the cattle in any way. On the morning of the 10th of 
June he smelt a most unaccountable smell in the yard at home. He 
inquired what it was, but could not get to know. In that afternoon he 
went into the close with Mr. Swingler. As they were going the smell 
came across the fields in a most choking manner. The wind was then 
from the north-east. On reaching the Great Toft Close (the vapour not 
having arrived there), the beasts were lying down. As soon as the smell 
came to them the beasts jumped up, appeared very excited, and behaved 
in a way which he could not account for. They seemed in a great 
perspiration. He observed that the beasts in the fields in the direction 
of the mill were similarly affected. On the 11th of January he came to 
Leicester, for the purpose of meeting the defendant, but he was not 
able to see him ; and he saw Mr. Eames, his foreman. On returning 
from Leicester he again visited the fields, and the beasts were in the 
same state as before. He told Mr. Eames of the state of the beasts, but 
he did not agree with him as to the cause. Mr. Eames said he would 
do what he could to remedy the case if he found that the vapour from 
the mill caused the effect described. The defendant not being at home 
when he went, he waited until he did come home, and then told him of 
the exact state of the beasts. The defendant said he did not think the 
vapour caused the effects upon the animals, although the mill was at 
work at the time. On the 12th of June the wind changed to the west, 
and continued so up till Thursday, the lGth, and during that time the 
beasts were more settled, and he (plaintiff) hoped they had left off 
working at the mill. On the 16th of June the wind again changed, 
and he again went to his fields. It blew from the north-east. Did not 
smell any smell then. The beasts were in the state in which he had 
before seen them—very excited. It was a week or two before they 
settled down, and they were losing flesh instead of gaining. He called 
upon Mr. Payne and Air. Fisher, to ask them to come and look at them. 
On Friday, the 17tl» June, he went within twenty yards of the mill, and 
he smelt a smell; but he did not think it was working, as it was about 
five o’clock in the evening. The smell was identical with the smell he 
had previously smelt, but not so strong. In the evening of the 1 fth 
