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adduced, it was found that the lung’s were tuberculated, which, when 
present in conjunction with farcy, induced the veterinary surgeons to 
believe that the latter disease was in this case incurable. There were 
other diseases, such as bog spavin, and bone spavin ; and he therefore 
apprehended that if his Honour was satisfied that the circumstances of 
the case were as he (Mr. Slack) had described them, he would rule that 
they were entitled to the full amount of damage, having bought a horse 
which was perfectly worthless. 
Amos Lovett , groom to the plaintiff, was then called to prove the 
various diseases which manifested themselves in the horse after the 
purchase. 
George Snell, who assisted the last witness in taking care of the 
animal, gave similar testimony. 
The plaintiff was afterwards examined, and recapitulated the facts 
detailed by Mr. Slack in his opening. 
Mr. Thomas Dyke Broad, veterinary surgeon, was the next witness, 
and deposed as follows :—1 have been in practice for nearly twenty 
years, and have under my care about 1000 horses a year; on the 10th 
instant I saw the horse in question at plaintiff’s stables; I slightly 
looked it over there, and in consequence of what I saw it was brought 
down to my place for further examination. I examined it and found it 
had farcy, accompanied with symptoms of approaching glanders. J 
found large bog spavins, and disease in the bones of the hock. I 
coughed him, and from the sound and the general appearance of the 
animal, I was of opinion that it had tuberculated lungs: that was on 
the 11th of May. I considered that the farcy was not curable, and I 
advised the plaintiff that it was likely to be infectious to man or animal. 
I considered it would be improper to offer it for sale in the market, and 
1 said it was no use to keep it, as it could not recover by treatment; in 
the course of my experience I have seen hundreds of cases of farcied 
horses; I should say that this horse was entirely incurable; the horse 
was taken to Sargent’s yard to be shot. I saw the defendant at the post¬ 
mortem examination. Mr. Barker was also there, and the two Sargents, 
together with my son. I examined the body and lungs, and found they 
were tuberculated, besides having several abscesses. It frequently 
happens that the lungs are affected in one part and not in another; it 
was the case in this instance. The opinion I hud formed before the 
animal was slaughtered was confirmed by the evidence of the post¬ 
mortem examination. I should say that the disease of the lungs must 
have been of some weeks’ standing. I heard that the horse was pur¬ 
chased on the 25th of April; it must have been diseased at that time; 
the bones of the leg were also diseased. Farcy is generally confined to 
the skin; it is considered a modified form of glanders. 
Cross-examined—Farcy may proceed from the breaking up of the 
constitution, but in this case it proceeded from pulmonary consumption ; 
its symptoms are the formation of pustules over the body, several of 
which were on the animal in question. 1 pledge my professional reputation 
that this was a case of farcy; a farcied horse may work when the disease 
is local and not general; had there been no appearance of farcy, I 
should have rejected the horse from his having unsound lungs. This 
was an incurable case of farcy, with symptoms of glanders. I heard 
that Mr. Nunes had bought the horse a fortnight before as a sound one; 
and on the 1 1th of May I nevertheless pronounced it incurable; there 
is no disease to which horses are subject that is similar in appearance 
to farcy. 
Re-examined—I did not think that such a horse ought to live. I 
