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Mr. James, the veterinary surgeon. I was present when the operation 
took place bv Mr. James. The black and white bitch “Bell” was out 
sporting* with me on the 1st of October. There was also one other 
bitch out with me on that day, a brown and white bitch. 
Mr. W. S. Owen —Was that one of the dogs that is dead ? 
Witness —Yes. 
Examination continued—That dog is dead too. Only those two dogs 
I had out with me that day. There were a red bitch and two puppies 
in the kennel besides the ones that were dead. I value the black and 
white bitch at £5. I would not have sold her for less than £5. 
Clerk —Do you know the age of the black and white bitch ? 
Witness —No. 
Cross-examined by Mr. W. S. Owen—When I examined the black 
and white bitch she was warm. She might have been dead half an 
hour. 
James Davies examined by Mr. J. E. Evans—I live at Stonehall. I 
am ploughman with Mr. Peel. I know Thomas Edwards, the defendant 
in this case. I recollect seeing him on Friday, October 1st. I was in 
the saddle-room at Stonehall. When 1 was there I heard some one 
pass. I opened the window and saw the defendant. He asked me the 
way into the saddle-room. I told him he must go round to the stable 
door. He then went towards the shed. I told him that he could not 
go that way. He asked me to come and open the stable door, and I did 
so. He then came into the stable. He (the defendant) said to me, 
“ Is it you are here, I thought it was Roberts was here ; I wanted to 
speak a few words to him.” He stayed in the stable for about five 
minutes. 
Clerk —What time was this? 
Witness —About half-past seven in the evening. 
Examination continued—Fie asked me to light him out of the stable. 
He said to me, “ Put out the light, for fear Mr. Peel will see me.” I 
put out the light in the stable and shut the door. Defendant then 
asked me where the dogs were keeping. I told him where Mr. Jones’s 
old ashpit was. I meant by Mr. Jones the gentleman who used to live 
there. He asked me how Mr. Peel pulled down the old kennel. I told 
him that l didn’t know. He said that he was looking at the old kennel 
as he was coming, and it was all down flat. Defendant then asked me 
to come and show him the dogs. I went to the kennel and showed the 
dogs to him. The kennel is about thirty yards from the stable. The 
kennel lies between the kitchen and the stable. It is also about thirty 
yards from the kitchen door. I and defendant went to the kennel. There 
were six litters there. There was a black and white bitch amongst 
them. I saw the defendant give something to “ Bell.” That was the 
black and white bitch. I said to the defendant, “The dogs are very 
familiar with you.” He said “Yes they are, because they can smell 
game about me.” We both went out of the kennel then; He (the de¬ 
fendant) said to me, “ Mind you don’t tell anybody about my being 
here, because Mr. Peel and Mr. Harries of Preskilly are not friendly.” 
Mr. Harries is the defendant’s master. I told him to never mind that. 
He told me again mind not tell anybody, because some harm may come 
to him (defendant). Then he left. Nothing else occurred that night. 
I went to the kennel the next morning a little after seven o’clock and I 
saw two of the setters dead, and another dying. “ Bell” was not dead 
at that time, but she was dying. “Bell” was the one that I saw the 
defendant (Edwards) giving something to. I fed the dogs the night 
before. It was before the defendant saw them. I gave them barley 
