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Veterinary Jurisprudence. 
A GLANDERED HORSE. 
Edgware Petty Sessions.— November 10 th. 
(Present : C. D. Fortnurn, Esq., J. Charles, Esq., and A. R. 
Johnson, Esq.) 
John Roberts , horse dealer, of Cricklewood, was summoned by Mr. 
Charles Offer, county inspector, for that on or about the 13th of October 
he had, in a field near the Welsh Harp, and in his possession, a horse 
affected with glanders, and neglected to give notice of the fact to the 
police of the district, and David Dore, of Lisson-grove, was also sum¬ 
moned for removing the carcase of the above-mentioned animal, contrary 
to the regulations of the county authority. 
John Cox on said he was ostler at the Welsh Harp, and on or about the 
13th October, he bought a dark bay mare of the defendant Roberts, that 
was in his field. He bought it for a knacker for 25s. It was poor and 
lame, but he saw nothing the matter with it. He sold it to Dore for 
30s., and he believed it was killed in the field. He did not go close 
enough to it to see if it was diseased. 
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By Mr. Boydell. —Mr. Roberts had his own hunter, worth £50, and 
other valuable horses in the same field with the horse in question. 
Caleb James Hunt , parish inspector, said he lived at No. 4, Belle Isle, 
King’s Cross, and knew Dore. He saw him on the 13th of October, 
when he brought a dead horse into Mr. Harrison’s yard. As soon as he 
saw it he told Dore it had got glanders, and asked him where he got it 
from, and he replied, “From Johnny Coxon, of the Welsh Harp.” 
Dore said he had killed it because it was lame. It was in good condi¬ 
tion, and, but for the glanders, would have been fit for work had it not 
been lame. 
Francis Henry Ricller said he was a M.R.C.V.S., and Government 
inspector, and on the 13th October he was at Mr. Harrison’s, when Mr. 
Hunt asked him to make a post-mortem on a horse that had just been 
brought in. He saw Dore there, who brought the horse in for sale; it 
was a bay horse. He examined it, and found it had suffered from 
glanders. He stated the appearances, and said he thought it had 
suffered for about three weeks. The disease must have been apparent 
before death. Dore said it came from the Welsh Harp. 
John Roberts was called for his own defence, and said he had the horse 
in question about a week. He exchanged it with a man named Read, 
and examined it at the time, and there was nothing the matter with 
it then. He had not had glanders on his premises. 
Mr. Roberts’s foreman, name Davis , also stated he examined the 
horse when it first came there, and did not observe any symptoms of 
glanders. 
Dore also was called, and said he had no knowledge whatever that the 
horse had glanders, or he would not have had anything to do with it. 
Roberts was fined £5, and £2 8s. 3d. costs, and Dore £l, and £2 8s. 3d. 
costs. 
CRUELTY TO HORSES. 
West Hartlepool Police Court. 
Monday, Nov. 15th.—Before Capt. Young, Messrs. Pyman and R. C, 
Walker, and Dr. Gourley. 
