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Station to Mr. Phillips’s stables at Camden Town. The swelling- was 
about the size of a walnut. On board ship his head was very much 
swollen with knocking about. The swelling of the gland increased 
very little. Mr. Purves has asked him whether the swelling was as big 
as his hat; and witness said it was, but he meant the swelling of his 
head. The whole head was swollen with the knocking about of the 
ship. The other horses could stand on their feet; he could not. 
There was a separate sponge for this horse from the beginning. Mr. 
Bowser, the man who had charge of the horses, was suspicious of this 
horse from the commencement. They had one large sponge at leaving, 
which was afterwards cut in two a few days after they sailed. Never 
saw the horse lanced. Chabron had a cold, and a running at the nose 
through the whole passage. Saw blood about the horse’s head. That 
was when he was knocked about by the vessel. Witness did not attend 
much to the horse during the week that he was so very bad. He was 
employed cooking for the other men. Did not see him shot. Would 
not go to see it. 
To a Juror—The slings had been removed. They chafed the horses. 
Cross-examined—Bowser was head groom, and had the direction of 
the other two. Took notice of the swelling of the glands when he 
brought the horse to the stables the first day. Cannot say with cer¬ 
tainty whether he mentioned it to Mr. Purves. The top door of the 
stable was left open, as Mr. Purves said he wanted to prepare the horse 
for shipping. The man whose stables he stood in at Shadwell did not 
like his appearance. The three grooms took it in turns to attend to the 
cooking. It was witness’s week when the horse was shot. Recognises 
his signature to the document handed to him. (This was an entry in 
the log-book, signed by the three grooms, stating the circumstances 
under which the horse had been shot, and his symptoms.) Thinks it 
was signed in Hobson’s Bay. Witness had 401. a year. 
Re-examined—Besides his wages was to have been 5 per cent, on all 
winnings if Mr. Purves ran his horses. Bowser never left the horses. 
To the Court—This entry was signed by him in Hobson’s Bay, about 
two months after the horse was shot. It was given to him to sign by 
Bowser. It is dated in December. It was February when they were in 
the Bay. Bowser, Hopkins, and Captain Bird were present. There 
was another entry signed. Signed one in the Captain’s room. Signed 
the other in the steerage. Cannot say which he signed first. 
To Mr. Wright—Does not recollect signing any entry in a book that 
Bowser called his log-book on the 6th of December, the day the horse 
was shot. 
Mr. Edward Roe, examined by Mr. Fellows—Heard of the horse St. 
Hubert. Did not exactly make an offer for him. Never saw the horse. 
He could not possibly have made an offer for the horse, as he was dead 
at the time. Is an auctioneer. Owns a great number of horses, and is 
a judge of the value of horses. Cannot speak with certainty of the 
value of a horse without seeing him. A man may hear of a horse and 
desire to have him. If he had seen this horse might have wished to 
buy him. 
Mr. Fellows —If a horse came in second for the 2000-guinea race at 
Newmarket, it would give him a certain value? 
Witness—It would, certainly. He would clearly be better than the 
horse that came in last. (Laughter.) 
Mr. Fellows —You can form a closer estimate than that? 
Witness—If I liked a horse I would not stop at a few hundreds. The 
price of a horse depends very much on how you feel yourself, and how 
your money is. (Laughter.) 
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