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John Cockerell , a labourer, said lie worked upon Mr. Breedon’s 
ground, which lay between Mr. Ashton’s and the bone-mills. It was 
about the 15th or 16th of June when he heard tell of Mr. Ashton’s 
beasts. It was on Thursday morning, while they were at work, that 
Gilbert said, ‘‘Look yonder, what a mist there* is coming!” They 
stayed and looked. It came from the direction of Thomas Howlett’s 
lodge, from the bone-mill. Gilbert said, “You may depend upon it, 
it’s from Mr. Hubbard’s bone-mill.” It was visible from 100 to 150 
yards distant. They saw it penetrate the hedge. They had the vapour 
first, before it reached the beasts. Gilbert put his hand to his nose and 
said, “ Oh dear, is it not enough to stifle you?” Witness and Gilbert 
got out of the way as quick as they could. As soon as the vapour 
reached the beasts, they jumped up and started off, as quickly as they 
could, round the field. The beasts shook very much. 
By Mr. Serjeant Hayes .—Smelt a similar smell two years ago. 
John llijfe said he occupied land as a grazier at Lubbenham. On 
the 16th of June, he went out with his shepherd in a light cart. As he 
was passing through Mr. Underwood’s fields, he observed the beasts 
there, about 80 or 100 yards off. Forty of them cauie running towards 
them, so that he thought they would be upset by them. The wind was 
in the north-east. As the beasts passed him he perceived a bad smell, 
and he made the observation, “ Good dear, how these beasts stink 1” 
He was told by his shepherd that his beasts frequently behaved in a 
similar manner. 
William Burdett , jun., said he was ploughman for Mr. Inliffe. He 
knew the mills in question, and he saw the vapour, almost a couple of 
hundred yards before it got to him. It came from the north-east, direct 
from the mills. The effect upon the beasts in Mr. Underwood’s and 
Mr. Uiffe’s fields was the same as described by the former wit¬ 
nesses. 
John Seale, shepherd to Mr. Kirby, said three of the closes which his 
master occupied were near the turnpike road. Last June he frequently 
noticed a smell from the mill. On the 13th of June he saw the beasts 
quietly lying down, when they suddenly jumped up, and started off in 
a gallop, towards the canal. There was a very nasty smell coming from 
the mill at the time. 
By Mr. Serjeant Hayes .—The beasts cocked their heads in the air, 
and seemed very much frightened. The smell from the direction of the 
mill was like vitriol. 
Bv Mr. Mellor .—Had smelt vitriol. The land his master occupied 
was Mr. Paget’s land. Had lived in the neighbourhood all his life. 
John Bayne said he went with Mr. Dimblebee to see Mr. Ashton’s 
beasts. Saw upwards of fifty in one field, and they were going about 
the field in a sort of trot. They went to the rails and stood there, as 
though they wanted to go out. That part of the field was trampled 
down, as though there had been a fair held there. The beasts looked 
as though they had come from Wales in two days less time than they 
ought to have done. They were heated and dirty, and they seemed 
alarmed. Could not account for it. 
George Noon said he was a labourer, and lived at Hinckley. He 
formerly worked for Mr. Hubbard, at the Gallow Mill. Left off work 
there six months ago. The bones sometimes came to the mill with 
meat on them. The first thing done to the bones was, they were 
crushed in the mill, and then boiled. The fat was then skimmed off 
the liquor, which was sold. The liquor was run into a cistern in an 
adjoining field. When that cistern was full it w r as emptied upon land 
