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Thomas Iliir/Jies, who deposed he lived at Tyddyn du, near Carnarvon. 
Knew plaintiff, who lived in Anglesea. Went to him on the 1st of 
September to buy a horse. It was a good one to look at. Plaintiff 
had sent for him. Asked plaintiff if the horse was sound, and he said, 
“Yes, as sound as any horse ever was.” Told plaintiff he was going 
to buy the horse for his brother. Plaintiff had previously told him the 
price, and witness said he would have nothing to do with the horse at 
that price, unless it was sound. He did not say, “ Am wn i.” Defendant 
would not have taken it if he had said that. Took the horse to Liver¬ 
pool on the following Friday, and agreed to sell it to a gentleman; but 
it was taken to Mr. Heyes, and returned by him as unsound. He sent 
by post that day to inform Griffiths. Knew a man named John Roberts. 
He was in Liverpool with defendant when the horse was examined by 
Mr. Heyes. Sent two or three letters to Griffiths, but got no answer. 
Sold the horse on the 9th of September, Was at Llangefni fair on the 
15th, and sent Roberts to Griffiths. Did not go with him; did not see 
them together. Sent the horse to Mrs. Wilson’s livery stables, and it 
was subsequently sent to Lucas’s and sold. Witness received from 
Mrs. Wilson £22 12s. 6c?. He had paid £l 8s. 10c?. into the court. 
[Mr. Adams had erroneously stated £l 10s.] He had incurred various 
expenses in taking the horse to Liverpool, and paid 10s. 6c?. to the 
veterinary surgeon, amounting in all to £l 8s.; and, in addition to this, 
he had to pay for its keep for three nights. 
Cross-examined—Had been accustomed for some years occasionally 
to buy horses to sell again. It was on the 1st of September he went to 
plaintiff’s. His brother had been there a year before, trying to buy the 
horse; witness was there with him. On his oath, Griffiths did not say, 
“ For what I have seen or known, the horse is sound.” Did not see 
John Roberts and plaintiff together at Llangefni fair. John Roberts was 
not his servant, and never helped to buy either horses, pigs, or sheep. 
Defendant could not say whether his brother was in the fair. He had 
no servant with him at the fair. 
Gilbert Heyes —Was a veterinary surgeon in practice in Liverpool. 
Examined a roan entire horse in the early part of September, and found 
him unsound. He was suffering from contraction of the tendons of the 
hind legs, or what would be commonly called “ walking on his toes.” 
Must have suffered from this for at least a month. That contraction 
might be brought on by over-work. It certainly tendered a horse less 
valuable. Both legs were bad, but one was worse than the other. 
Witness rejected him because he thought he was not fit for the ordinary 
work of a cart-horse. Saw him yesterday, and again this morning. 
Found him worse than he was when he saw him first. 
Cross-examined—Never saw a horse in that state from its birth. 
Would not venture to say this horse was not so when foaled. It would 
affect a horse’s health and constitution when he had to work. It mi^ht 
be detected by the eye of a man who knew anything of veterinary sur¬ 
gery. Witness thought the horse was bought by a Mr. Kirkpatrick, a 
carto-wner. Saw the horse that morning in the chains of a cart. 
By Mr. Adams.—The disease was of such a nature that a person would 
not discover it if a horse was standing still in a fair, 
Johi Ellis —Was a veterinary surgeon in Liverpool. Had examined 
the horse in the presence of John Roberts; found him to be unsound. 
Witness’s description of the unsoundness was essentially the same as 
that of the previous witness. He examined the horse on Monday last; 
thought the defect might have existed for five or six months, perhaps 
more. 
