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The Toivn Cleric. —The livers are unsound? 
Witness. — I do not say that they are perfectly sound. 
Q.—Are they sound or unsound—give me a definite answer. A. 
—I won’t say that they are sound. 
Q.—Or unsound ? A.—Very good, sir. 
Q.—Give me a definite answer, “ yes” or “no ?” A.— They are 
not sound. 
Councillor John Child, butcher, said that he had been engaged in 
the trade for more than twenty years. He had examined the car¬ 
cases, and the presence of flukes in the liver was a common daily 
occurrence with regard to sheep and beasts. In the present case the 
condition of the liver did not affect the meat at all. 
The Town Clerk. —You are a member of the Butchers’ Associa¬ 
tion ? Witness. —I am 
Q,.—Secretary, in fact? A.—Yes. 
Q.—The funds of the association, I believe, are used by the mem¬ 
bers, or rather applied by the association, in the defence of cases of 
this kind, are they not? A.—No. 
Q.—Then who pays the expenses of to-day? A.—Mr. Jackson. 
Mr. Jackson.— Yes, I pay the expenses. 
Mr. Child. —But I shall not charge him with my expenses. 
Mr. Bruce. —Mr. Granger stated distinctly that he had received 
his instructions from the Butchers’ Association. 
The Town Clerk. —You are an interested person, then, Mr. Child, 
in cases of this description ? 
Witness. —I am not. 
Q.—Are you not liable to purchase beasts or sheep which may 
turn out bad, and therefore be seized? A.—Yes. 
Q.—Then you are interested in that respect? A.—In that case 
I certainly am. 
Mr. Bruce .—As the association has been dragged into the 
case, would you favour me, Mr. Child, by telling me the names of 
a few of its members ? 
Mr. Child. —I will give you the names of them all, or send you a 
copy of the last report, which contains a complete list. 
William Walker, butcher in the Shambles, said that the flesh of 
the sheep would not be affected in the least by the flukes in the liver. 
Witness had been occasionally employed by Inspector JNewhouse to 
examine carcases. 
The Town Clerk. —And you have also been engaged against the 
Corporation ? 
Witness. —Not that I am aware of. 
Q.—You are treasurer of the Butchers’ Association ? A.—Yes, I am. 
Q.—How much of the funds of the association has been expended 
in defending butchers who had charges preferred against them 
similar to the present? A.—I cannot tell. 
Q.—How much, now, do vou think this case will cost? 
Mr. Granger objected to the question being put, but Mr. Bruce 
overruled the objection on the ground that it was put in cross- 
examination. 
