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was on February 27th. I told Lord Leicester what Mr. Case had said. 
Then Mr. Hamond, of Bale, was sent for. He examined for sheep-scab. 
He came on Saturday, March 1st. After his examination, Lord 
Leicester authorised me to send them off the farm. The sheep were fat, 
and the turnips nearly finished. They were sold to Mr. Plattin, of Croxton, 
and a few to Mr. Southgate, of Wells. Mr. Plattin sent for them on 
Monday, March 3rd. My man helped to drive them up to the park 
gates, and no further. The public road begins just outside the park 
gates. I told my man to drive them no further than the gates. I did 
not tell Mr. Plattin anything about the scab. There were 1159 sheep, 
some in fold and some in the yard sold to Mr. Plattin, and thirteen 
to Mr. Southgate. 
By Mr. Chittock —500 were sold to Mr. Plattin on March 3rd— 400 
from the field and 100 from the yard. There were three folds in the field, 
containing 721 sheep. 400 of those were sold to Mr. Plattin. I had 
nothing to do with the delivery of them, only at the fold. I did not see 
them taken away. These sheep were dressed with “ Bigg’s Specific ” in 
the middle of November, after Mr. Case had seen them. The disease 
was in a very mild form. In December Lord Walsingham’s shepherd 
came over to examine the sheep. He did not think it sheep-scab at all. 
The Bench thought that this did not affect the case. 
Mr. Chittock said they would find it did. There were two ways of 
reading an Act of Parliament, and he suggested that Mr. Blofield had read 
it wrong. 
Witness then continued—Professor Axe came down. He would not 
give an opinion that day, but said he would take some of the scab home, 
and then write to Mr. Shellabear. After this the sheep were all dipped, 
not for scab, but for any insects that might be in the wool. On January 
30th I found two cases of scab. Mr. Case had found one on January 
28th„ These three sheep were slaughtered. Mr. Hamond examined 
1172 on March 1st, including all in the field. From January 30th I 
never discovered another case. I had carefully watched the sheep every 
day. When the sheep were sold I believe they were all perfectly free from 
disease. I gave notice on January 30th to Mr. Case that I had found 
two more diseased sheep. On February 20th I asked him when he was 
coming to examine the sheep. He said he would send me a post card. 
He did not do so. I was not at home on the 25th. I never heard from 
him that he had found a diseased sheep on that occasion. Bailey, the 
shepherd, is under my orders. I thought it was necessary to get a certi¬ 
ficate of removal. It used to be so. Mr. Case told me if I saw any 
more scabby sheep not to take them from the others. I don’t believe 
there was one. There were sheep left on the farm which had not been 
examined by Mr. Hamond. Of these, some had been killed for the house, 
and the others were there still. January 30th was the last time I dis¬ 
covered any scab. 
By Mr. Blofeld —I never made a mistake about the scab in sheep. 
(After a passage of arms about a previous sale at Holkham, Mr. Blofeld 
did not persist in pressing a question affecting witness’judgment on the 
matter.) After Professor Axe’s visit the sheep were dipped, but not 
for scab. 
John Barwick, of Croxton, shepherd to Mr. Plattin, said—In the 
beginning of March (the 3rd) my master sent me to drive some sheep from 
Holkham. I ran ninety out that morning. I went to the fold for them, 
and the men helped me to drive them out of the field. I took them to 
Walsingham. On the 5th of March I took the next lot—over 200. I 
have no memorandum of it. I took them to Walsingham—to the station. 
I did not know anything about the scab. 
