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tinal canal, where there are juices necessary to its digestion ; the 
hot does not feed on them, but on the mucus. I think the state¬ 
ment of the French writer referred to, that “ hots in a multitude 
occasion sharp pains and prove detrimental to digestion by absorb¬ 
ing the greater part of the juices necessary for that operation” to 
be absurd, and in my opinion the author of such statement could 
know nothing about digestion. I do not think the mare in question 
had been suffering from inflammation of the bowels more than 
twentv-four hours. I see no link at all between the first and the 
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second attack; in the one case the mare had an attack of influenza, 
from which she recovered; in the second instance she had inflam¬ 
mation of the bowels, from which she died. 
Mr. J. Roife Cox, M.R.C.V.S., Mount Street, Grosvenor Square ; 
Mr. Talbot , M.R.C.V.S., of Scotland Yard; and Mr. George 
Williams, M.R.C.V.S., Wilton Road, Pimlico, corroborated the 
evidence of the preceding witnesses. 
Mr. O'Malley was about to address the jury in summing up 
the evidence for the defendant, when one of the jury said, My 
lord, we do not think it necessary to trouble the learned counsel, 
we have quite made up our mind. 
Mr. Justice Byles. —The learned counsel for the plaintiff may 
claim to address you to see if he cannot change your opinion. 
Mr. Bigby Seymour. —When the jury have intimated an unani¬ 
mous opinion, I feel bound to bow to their decision. 
Foreman of the Jury .—We are all agreed. 
Mr. Justice Byles. —That being so, I think I may relieve you 
from all responsibility, Mr. Seymour, by saying that I entirely agree 
with the jury. You think the horse was not unsound P 
Foreman. —Certainly, my lord. 
Mr. Justice Byles. —So do I, gentlemen. 
Verdict for the defendant. 
SHEFFIELD TOWN HALL. 
Selling Glandered Horses. 
Henry Hall, file grinder and greengrocer, of Silver Street, was 
summoned by Mr. Jackson, veterinary inspector for the borough, 
for unlawfully taking a glandered horse through a public thorough¬ 
fare. 
After the law relating to the case had been briefly explained by 
the Town Clerk (Mr. Yeomans), who appeared in support of the 
information, Charles Rowbotham, carter, of Furnace Hill, was 
called. 
He said that on the 30th of December the defendant brought a 
black horse to his house and asked him to purchase it. The animal 
