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and contained worms technically called flakes. He was not aware 
that the fact of there being distinct evidence that there were flukes 
in the liver, without the liver itself undergoing putrefaction, would 
be sufficient to communicate a disease of that description to man. 
The meat of the nine carcases was soft, flabby, and to a certain ex¬ 
tent dropsical. Technically the meat was unsound; there was watery 
effusion in the cellular tissues of the whole of the carcases, exactly 
what he should have expected from the appearances of the diseased 
liver and kidneys. The carcases were not in a state fit for 
human food. He was unable to tell the exact age, and from the 
cursory examination he made could not state the sex of the 
sheep. When he examined the carcases they were in the dead meat 
depot. 
Mr. Granger. — Is the depot well ventilated ? 
Witness. —Well? the ventilation is bad. 
Mr. Granger. —Is there any ventilation at all ? 
Witness. —Hardly what you would call ventilation. 
Mr. Granger. —Do you think it would improve meat to be kept 
in such an atmosphere for any length of time ? 
Witness. —It would deteriorate it. 
Mr. Granger. —You have mentioned as a symptom of disease the 
presence of flukes in the liver: is that not a common complaint 
among sheep ? 
Witness. —Yery common at certain times of the year; in wet 
seasons particularly. 
Mr. Granger. —Was the disease in the case of the livers far 
advanced ? 
Witness. —The livers were rotten. 
Mr. Granger. —Can you say that that disease of the liver would 
affect the flesh ? 
Witness. —Unquestionably it has in these cases. 
Mr. Granger. —You have seen a great number of cases of disease 
in sheep? 
Witness. —Yes, within the last eight years. 
Mr. Granger. —And is it not very common, indeed, to meet with 
diseased livers in sheep? 
Witness. —It is not common to see livers rotten ; but in the cases 
of sheep coming from very low wet marshes, they are generally sub¬ 
ject to disease of the liver. 
Mr. Granger. — There was a deputation from the Leeds 
Butchers’ Association to examine the sheep, and they saw them, 
I believe ? 
Witness. —I believe they did. 
By the Town Clerk. —I first saw the sheep this morning. 
Inspector Newhouse said that he seized the carcases of ten sheep 
in a slaughter-house in Smith’s Yard, Briggate, on Friday evening. 
The defendant acknowledged that they were his, and witness re¬ 
moved them to the bad meat depot. At the time of the seizure the 
carcases were dressed for sale, and before removal they were exa¬ 
mined by Inspector Storr. Witness had also examined them. The 
