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bullock, which appeared to him to be sutfering from pleuro-pneu- 
mooia. He (Mr. Tillett) should be able to show, beyond all doubt, 
that the bullock belonged to Mr. Lubbock, and that it was suffering 
from pleuro-pneumonia. Mr. Lubbock had acted in this mutter 
with considerable fairness, but the Market Committee had felt them¬ 
selves bound, seeing that a beast suffering from this disease was 
brought into the Cattle Market, to summon the owner. Mr. Tillett 
then called 
JVm. Smith, who deposed—I am a member of the College of 
Veterinary Surgeons, and reside in this city. I was in the Cattle 
Market on Saturday, the 16th of January. I saw a bullock which 
appeared to me to be suffering from some disease. I examined the 
animal and found it was suffering from pleuro-pneumonia. I asked 
several persons to whom it belonged, and ultimately I ascertained 
that it belonged to Mr. Lubbock. 
Mr. Chittock said that to save trouble he would at once admit 
that the bullock belonged to Mr. Lubbock. 
Examination continued—I saw the bullock when it was killed. 
I am able to say positively that it was then suffering from pleuro¬ 
pneumonia. It would depend upon the period of time at which it 
was seen whether anybody could say with certainty that the animal 
was affected. If a veterinary surgeon, or a farmer having experience 
of pleuro-pneumonia, had seen the animal on Timrsday or Wednes¬ 
day, I believe he could have ascertained that the beast was affected. 
By Mr. Sultzer .—I depend most on the post-mortem examination. 
Cross-examined by Mr. Chittock .— I formed my opinion from 
the appearance of the animal before it was killed. When it was 
killed I examined the lungs. I do not depend more on the appear¬ 
ance of the animal after it was killed than on its appearance before. 
I believe the disease might have been discovered on the Thursday. 
I do not think that was the earliest period at which I should have 
been able to detect the disease ; but, perhaps, a person not so well 
acquainted with the disease might not have discovered it earlier. 
One of the symptoms is a peculiar shortness of breath—peculiar 
almost to the disease. An animal suffering from pleuro-pneumonia 
might have been driven to Norwich market at the rate of three or 
four miles an hour. Sometimes there is a difficulty of breathing, 
and sometimes not. When both lungs are affected, I should say 
there would be a difficulty in walking. I should not expect to find 
much difference in the appearance of the skin. Whether it be¬ 
comes tighter depends upon the duration and intensity of the 
disease. Tightness of the skin is not always a symptom, except, 
perhaps, in protracted cases. Constipation is a symptom in the 
earlier stages of pleuro-pneumonia ; diarrhoea in the later. The 
urine is not always of a high colour. The symptoms depend very 
much upon circumstances. Animals sometimes hang their heads 
down, and sometimes not. That would depend a good deal on 
whether one or both lungs are affected. Their backs are sometimes 
arched, not always. All these symptoms are sometimes found in 
pleuro-pneumonia. We always find a short cough and quickness in 
