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to turn it out. I heard that had been done. I examined them in the 
yard that day. Before my next visit the sheep had again been dressed. 
I have heard of “ Bigg’s Specific ” and cc Bigg’s Composition.” They are 
good for lice and tick, but not for scab in my opinion. Weakly sheep 
sometimes are removed into the yards. On February 25th 1 went to 
inspect the sheep again. I saw the shepherd, Bailey. One sheep was 
affected. Eight, ten, or a dozen, may have been caught for me. I said, 
“Let him go; I have seen quite sufficient.” Bailey was not the man 
who caught the sheep. 1 cannot say how many were caught. I was in 
the fold over twenty minutes. It is not my duty to separate the sheep. 
I was not annoyed at Lord Leicester calling in another man. There is no 
foundation for saying so. There are other causes of skin irritation besides 
scab. I am certain the sheep I saw on February 25th had the scab. There 
was an exudation from the skin. The scab itself had not formed. I 
told Bailey, the shepherd, the same day. I told him there was one sheep 
in the field with the scab. I told Freemer afterwards. I cannot say it 
was the same day. Freemer said it was a bad job. I cannot say where 
this was. A sound sheep would be about ten or twelve days affected before 
the young acari became developed. The scab would be formed in 
three or four days more. There would really be a second crop of these 
insects in a month. Mr. Hamond is a very competent man in my opinion. 
A case of scab amongst so many sheep might escape the eye of the best 
veterinary surgeon. I found it there whether Mr. Hamond did or not. 
On March 3rd I heard of the sheep being removed. I did not send a 
telegram to Inspector Howe. I saw some sheep at Fakenham in the 
trucks. I had heard a report from the police. 1 went up to the trucks 
and saw the direction. It agreed with my information. I am not certain 
they were the sheep. I did not examine them. I did not make any 
inquiries as to what had become of the sheep. I did not make any com¬ 
plaints to Lord Leicester as to the sheep being removed. I only wrote 
to Mr. Hamond on the subject. 
Mr. W. G. Packman, of Docking, Member of the Royal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons, said—I am acquainted with sheep-scab. The insect 
deposits its eggs between the two skins. The eggs will be hatched in 
about sixteen days. The dressing for scab will not kill the eggs—only 
the living parasites. After having scab it would not be safe to remove 
animals for at least a month. Anywhere the sheep rubbed would give 
it to other sheep rubbing at the same place. 
The Bench —We cannot see that it is necessary to go into the details 
of the disease. 
Witness —The risk of contagion would last for at least three weeks. 
By Mr. Chittock —The risk of contagion from the rubbing places would 
be greater in warm weather. It is possible for the sheep to be cured and 
become infected again at these rubbing places. 
Mr. Carter, of East Dereham, veterinary surgeon, was of opinion that 
it would not be safe to remove animals for a month after the scab was 
proved to be in existence. He quite agreed with the last witness as to 
the danger of infection. 
James Freeman, farm bailiff to the Earl of Leicester, remembered Mr. 
Case coming to examine the sheep at the end of February. At Fakenham, 
on February 27th, I asked Mr. Case for a removal order for the sheep 
which he had inspected. He refused it. I knew he had been to 
examine the sheep. I did not know what Mr. Case meant, I only know 
what he said. He said, “ He did not like the sheep that had been affected, 
he would see the next visit.” I don’t remember telling him it was a 
bad job. I told him the sheep would not be there the next time. This 
