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at Lincoln on the 30th of April, and he fetched £23. He 
was bought by Mr. Burton, of Retford. The expenses of 
printing and selling were 16$. 6d. 
This was the plaintiffs case. 
Mr. Macaulay addressed the jury for the defence, and said 
a more tricky and dishonest case never came into a court, and 
having concluded a long address, called 
Mr. James Watts Lees, the nephew of the defendant. lie 
deposed to buying the horse in August last, and keeping him 
till the 10th of April. He bought him of George Burton, for 
£22, and had a warranty with him. He sold him to plaintiff, 
at Retford, on the 10th of April, it being market-day. 
Wilmot said, he had been to defendant’s house, and had seen 
the horse. He said he had been at his uncle’s house, and 
had had the horse out, and seen him. When the horse was 
sold, it was agreed he should be delivered at Durham, and, 
on the Wednesday following, it was delivered to plaintiff at 
that place. Plaintiff examined the horse again, and he ap¬ 
peared satisfied with the horse. The horse had been doing- 
all sorts of farming work while he had him. He had also 
been running in a light market-cart, and was used as a saddle 
horse. He never showed any symptoms of unsoundness, and 
he was quite sound at the time he sold him. On the 17th of 
April he received a letter from Mr. Wilmot about the horse 
being unsound, and on the 18th he saw Wilmot at Lincoln, 
and told him if he was unsound, he would take him again, 
and return the money, but he would have a veterinary sur¬ 
geon’s certificate, and should bring a surgeon the following 
morning. Plaintiff said, “ very wellbut when he took 
Mr. Talbot, veterinary surgeon, of Tuxford, Mr. Wilmot 
refused to let the horse come out of the stable. Wilmot said 
the horse had got the string-halt. Witness was present when 
the horse was afterwards sold at Lincoln, and it appeared to 
be sound. By Mr. Sergeant Miller: Mr. Wilmot did n^t 
say, when he bought the horse, that he thought he ran stale. 
Never valued the horse at more than £27 or £28, and he 
never was worth more than that. It was not proposed in 
Mr. Wilmot’s stable to put a saddle on the horse. By Mr. 
Macaulay: Had not yet had any information as to what was 
the disease of the horse. 
Thomas Watson Talbot, veterinary surgeon, of Tuxford, 
and a member of the college, deposed to going to Lincoln 
to look at the horse, and asked to be allowed to have a 
bridle on, and to see him run out. Mr. Wilmot said he 
should not, as he had already seen quite sufficient to con¬ 
vince him the horse was unsound. He moved the horse in 
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