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OBITUARY. 
Lower Marsh, a shop lately in the possession of a man named Jackson, 
who a few days ago was sentenced to four years’ penal servitude for 
obtaining provisions by fraud. They saw a large quantity of legs, 
shoulders, and pieces of mutton hanging up, and being sold in a horrible 
state of disease, they seized it. In a cellar 83 carcases were found in 
the same state, which they seized and brought to this court, when his 
worship condemned the whole as unfit for human consumption. 
Dr. Archer Farr, Medical Officer of Health of Lambeth, said he 
inspected the meat and pronounced it to be unfit for food. The 
viscera had been removed, so that he could not tell what was the dis¬ 
ease, but he believed it was the “ rot.” Such food was likely to be 
purchased by the poor, and to spread disease in the locality. 
Mr. Charles Statham, farmer, Sudbury, Middlesex, said that, unfor¬ 
tunately, three weeks ago he had a large number of Welsh sheep suffer¬ 
ing from the <c rot,” and on the 3rd of the present month both prisoners 
came to him and said they would buy them for the Zoological Gardens. 
After some hesitation he consented to take 3s. 6d. a head for them, and 
they paid him £14 on account. They afterwards clandestinely removed 
the sheep, and he had never been paid the balance due to him. Witness 
added that he had unfortunately lost upwards of £300 lately by disease 
in his cattle, and would not have sold the sheep to the prisoners had 
they not told him they wanted them for the beasts at the Zoological 
Gardens. 
Mr. Bridge sentenced each of the prisoners to three months’ im¬ 
prisonment, and he was sorry he could not include hard labour. 
IMPRISONMENT FOR GIVING A FRAUDULENT CERTI¬ 
FICATE OF THE AGE OF A BULLOCK. 
At the late assizes held at Warwick, a ‘ f gentleman farmer,” named 
Hopkins, was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour 
for fraud, in having furnished to the Committee of the Birmingham 
Christmas Cattle Show a false pedigree concerning a bullock exhibited by 
him, by means of which he obtained a first prize of £20. 
ARMY APPOINTMENT. 
War Office, Feb. 2 Uh. 
Veterinary Department. —Inspecting Veterinary Surgeon William 
Death retires on Half-pay. 
OBITUARY. 
We have to record the death of Mr. Chas. Turner, M.R.C.V.S., 
Croydon, on Feb. 9th, in the 52nd year of his age. His diploma bears 
date May 18th, 1849. 
John Croft Plomley, M.R.C.V.S., Maidstone. Diploma dated Jan. 
22nd, 1840. 
Charles Harriss, M.R.C.V.S., Balham, Surrey. Diploma dated 
April 30th, 1856. 
