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been brought in, and thought they looked very diseased. He imme¬ 
diately sent for Mr. Collins, veterinary surgeon, who ordered the car¬ 
casses of the six sheep to be seized. 
Mr. Collins stated that he was called to visit the shop of defendant 
between ten and eleven o’clock on Friday night; he went there, and 
ordered the six sheep to be seized. They were the same sheep now pro¬ 
duced in court; they were quite unfit for the consumption of human 
beings, and had suffered from a disease called coade or rot, that had its 
seat in the liver, and which was very prevalent amongst sheep this 
season. 
Mr. Brock, a butcher of thirty years’ experience, gave similar 
evidence. 
The Bench ordered the carcasses to be immediately destroyed. 
TORRINGTOJSr. 
Before John Tyrrel, Esq , Judge. 
HOLE V. BEEDLE. 
IMPORTANT HORSE CASE. 
This was an action brought for the recovery of £40, the value of a 
horse sold. Plaintiff was Alfred R. Hole, Esq., a well-known county 
magistrate, of Beam House, near Torrington, and the defendant Thos, 
Beedle, Esq., a gentleman residing at Bradworthy. Mr. Lionel Ben- 
craft, of Barnstaple, appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Crosse, of South- 
molton, for the defendant. 
Mr. Crosse said he should apply for an adjournment of the case in the 
absence of an important witness for the defence—Mr. Drake, veterinary 
surgeon, of Exeter—unless Mr. Bencraft would consent to admit in 
evidence a certificate given by Mr. Drake, or agree to that gentleman’s 
evidence being taken by the Judge, without either of the advocates being 
present. 
Mr. Bencrafts^xdi it would certainly be inconvenient to his client not 
to have an opportunity of cross-examining the witness against him. Of 
course he (Mr. Bencraft) could not consent to an adjournment of the case, 
which would involve his client in heavy expense. 
Mr. Crosse intended that the defendant should bear the expense of 
the adjournment, if it took place for his convenience. 
Mr. Bencraft thought he could not hesitate to admit the certificate if 
Mr. Drake should not arrive in time to give evidence. 
Mr. Crosse. —Then I will go into the case. 
Mr. Bencraft then stated the facts as they were afterwards detailed in 
evidence. The plaintiff’s chgstnut mare “Crinoline,” which was the 
subject of this action, was bred by him, and had been in his possession 
from its foaling till it was sold to the defendant. It was an excellent 
animal and a capital hunter. Mr. Hole was a gentleman who indulged 
in the sports of the field, being accustomed to follow the hounds with the 
Honorable Mark Rolle. In December last the plaintiff’s servant was 
taking the mare over a fence, when she stumbled and injured the skin of 
the off fetlock. None of the tendons were injured, and Mr. Gregory, 
thg veterinary surgeon, wLo was called in, treated it with cold-water 
