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and value from the effects of the disease. It was not incurable; 
animals recovered from it in about a fortnight. 
In cross-examination by Mr. Chittock, witness said he examined 
about five bulls the first time. The first bulls which he examined 
were redder than the last ones. The symptoms of this disease 
w^ere—salivating and a sucking about the mouth, and the beasts went 
lame. Some of the mouths of the bulls were chafed, which defendant 
said was caused by their rubbing against the irons to which they 
were tied. 
The defence was, that the defendant did not know that these 
animals were diseased until Mr. Smith discovered it. Defendant 
admitted now that the animals were diseased, but that he (defendant) 
had taken every precaution with the bulls, knowing that the disease 
was so much about. About fifty of these bulls had been grazing 
for a fortnight upon Mr. Ladley’s marshes, at Trowse. The bulls 
were seen to by Mr. Ladley during the fortnight, and also by two 
drovers, named Harris and Fowler, both of whom were in the 
defendant’s employ. These two men, in the presence of the de¬ 
fendant, drove the bulls off the marshes, and neither they nor the 
defendant noticed that anything was the matter w'ith the animals. 
None of them walked lame nor foamed from the mouth. The 
other fifty bulls came from Derby (where the defendant lived) 
on Saturday morning, and neither the defendant nor his men 
noticed that anything was wrong with them. Mr. Ladley and 
the two men, Harris and Fowler, were called as witnesses for the 
defendant, and they all said they knew the symptoms of the foot 
and mouth disease, and did not notice anything the matter with the 
bulls, and they had been amongst cattle for years. 
The Chairman said that the magistrates had decided to convict 
the defendant. The evil he had done by sending his beasts off the 
Hill and selling them was almost beyond calculation. He had 
spread the disease, perhaps, over the whole of the district. The 
Bench would convict in the full penalty of £20 and the costs.— 
The Norwich Mercury. 
ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 
War Office, Pall-Mall, September 24tii. 
Cavalry Depot. —Veterinary Surgeon of the First Class, 
George Longman, from 9th Lancers, to be Veterinary 
Surgeon, vice Lord, who exchanges; Sept. 25th. 
