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shopkeeper, at Scissett, near Clayton-west. The plaintlflf’s claim was 
for £14 Os. 6(1., which he alleged he had lost in the purchase of two cows 
of defendant. 
Mr. J. I. Freeman, of Huddersfield, appeared for the plaintiff, and 
Mr. Dransfield, of Huddersfield, for the defendant. 
The jury consisted of nine respectable “good men and true,” Mr. 
Thomas Barber, manufacturer, Upperthong, being foreman. The case 
had been before the court several times before. 
In January last, at the hearing of this same case, his Honour gave 
plaintiff a verdict for £10 10s., a report of which appeared in the 
‘ Chronicle.’ However, it seemed that nothing would satisfy defendant 
but “trial by jury.” He therefore applied for, and obtained an order 
for a new trial. 
Mr. Freeman stated the case to the jury, and then called Mr. Sheldon. 
The case in regard of the first cow may be given in a few words. It 
appeared that plaintiff had bought a cow of defendant in February, 
1862, which Carter had warranted to calve in the following April, but 
she did not calve till the 26th of June following, and for this overtime 
he claimed £2. The second cow, which was the main point at issue, 
was bought in the evening of the 5th of March, 1862. It appeared that 
Carter had called at Sheldon’s that evening on his way from Barnsley 
market, and had asked Sheldon if he could do with another cow at the 
same price he gave for the former one. Sheldon said he could, if she 
was as good a cow as the other. Carter then said she was a better cow 
than the other. The two then came to Scissett to look at the cow. It 
was a wet and windy night, but they rode with Mr. Hinchcliffe, of 
Skelmanthorpe, in his conveyance. On going to the cow, Sheldon found 
her in a shed, apart from the other cows, which were in the mistal. They 
had a candle lighted to examine her by. He observed that she was 
“very thin and rough.” Carter said she was “hearty and would eat 
anything,” and that she was to calve at Michaelmas. They bargained 
for £14 5s., which he (Sheldon) entered in his cow-trading book when 
he got home. When the cow came to Hoyland, on the following day, 
Edward Grange, Sheldon’s man, saw that something was amiss with her. 
She had a cough, and was very “puny.” She was put in the mistal, and 
was much cared for. Carter called in a day or two, and they told him 
the cow was ill. He wished them to go to his house for a drink (he 
deals in cow drinks), and give it her, which they did, but she got worse. 
At the week’s end they had to send for the cow doctor, who prescribed 
for her. Carter came again, but the cow was no better. He advised 
them to destroy her ; in fact, to “knock her o’th’ yead.” They did not 
do so, but endeavoured to bring her round. In extras she had had three 
bottles of wine, at 7s. per bottle; 18 gallons of “ Old Tom,” at Is. 4d. 
per gallon ; oil cake to the amount of 23s. ; and oatmeal to the amount 
of 34s. These, with the doctor’s bill, and the loss of £3 on selling her, 
would amount in the aggregate to £12 Os. 6d., which he considered he 
had lost by the cow. In September last he paid Carter a bill for horse 
corn, on which occasion he asked him to make some compensation for 
the loss he (Sheldon) had sustained ; but Carter said he would not allow 
him a d—d shilling for the cow. Sheldon then said he would try to 
make him. 
Mr. Dransfield put the plaintiff through a rigid and long cross-exami¬ 
nation, but nothing was elicited to assist the evidence. 
James C?'osland was next called on the part of the plaintiff. Witness 
was a servant of Carter in the fore part of 1862. He remembered Mr. 
Sheldon coming to buy a cow early on the morning of the 15th of 
