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the stable, but observed nothing in the motion of the hind 
legs. He afterwards saw the horse, and examined him on 
the 1st of May. In turning over in the stable, he carefully 
lifted up one of his hind legs. When out of the stable there 
was none of that peculiar action. The action of the horse 
was very fair, and £25 was his full value, assuming him to 
be sound. 
George Burton, a horse dealer, of Iletford, sold the horse 
to the defendant last August. He bought the horse of Mr. 
Bushby, the same day, for £18, and received a warranty of 
soundness. He sold him for £22, and gave a warranty. 
After he sold him, he saw him twice or thrice in defendant’s 
possession, and never saw any appearance of unsoundness. 
He never had any illness whilst he knew him. When the 
horse was sold in dispute, witness gave £23 for him, and 
there did not appear to be any unsoundness. He kept him 
fourteen days, and then sold him at Newark for £24, and then 
gave a written warranty w T ith him. The horse had a trick in 
the stable, of lifting his hind legs higher than he did out of 
the stable, and that would probably be produced by the 
groom tapping the horse on his legs. By Sergeant Miller: 
Never taught his horses to dance over the pitchfork. Went 
to the sale in the same train with Mr. Lees, but did not talk 
to him about the horse. He sold the horse, the last time, at 
Market-street, near Dunstable. Had been convicted of felony. 
Mr. Richard Rusby, butcher, of Wale, near Rotherham, 
deposed to selling the horse to Burton, at Retford, in August, 
1851. He had bought the horse of Alfred Watts, of 
Edwinstow, at the 1850 October fair. Watts had gone to 
America. Witness bought the horse for a four-year-old, and 
he proved to be a five-year. During the time he had the 
horse, he was not ill. The work he did was plough, and 
driving to market. He never perceived any singular action 
in his hind legs. Witness gave £15 5s. for the horse. 
By Sergeant Miller: Witness’s son generally attended the 
horse in the stable. He was at Leicester, and was subpoenaed 
by plaintiff’s attorney. 
James Kennedy, groom to Mr. Lees, said he was in Mr. 
Lees’s service twelve months. Remembered his master buying 
the brown horse, and attended him regularly. He used to 
slip the bedding over when he called him over in the stable, 
and he “ clipped” him over the fetlock with the fork, which 
made him clear the bedding. This kind of tuition got him 
into the habit of lifting his hind legs. During the time the 
horse was with his master he had no illness. He used to go 
in a waggon or cart, and nothing appeared to be the matter 
