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VETERINARY PROSECUTION. 
VETERINARY PROSECUTION, 
In January, 1885, the Secretary-Treasurer of the Board of 
Agriculture was informed that Stephen Knight, of Portage la 
Prairie, had been practising as a veterinary surgeon without 
being legally qualified as such. Advertisements had been in¬ 
serted by him in two papers published at Portage la Prairie, the 
Tribune-Review and the Manitoba Liberal. The advertisement 
in the latter paper read as follows: “Stephen Knight, Farrier, 
etc., etc. All diseases of horses attended to with care and des¬ 
patch. Satisfaction guaranteed. Give me a call and be con¬ 
vinced. Office at Bellview Hotel, Saskatchewan avenue, Portage 
la Prairie.” In the information furnished it was stated that 
Knight had offered to cure a lame horse for Mr. W. J. M. Pratt 
for $25; that Mr. Pratt, believing Knight to be Mr. J. G. Ruth¬ 
erford, V.S., of Portage la Prairie, had accept the offer; and 
that Knight went on with the treatment, which, however, having 
failed he did not receive any remuneration. It also stated that 
he agreed to take a blood spavin off a horse owned by Mr. James 
Cuthbert for $10. The Secretary-Treasurer therefore instructed 
the Chief of Police of Portage la Prairie to prosecute him, and 
the instructions were carried out by three informations being 
sworn to, containing the following charges: 
“1. That not having his name registered on the books of the 
Secretary-Treasurer of the Board of Agriculture, as a Veterinary 
surgeon, he unlawfully did prescribe and administer medicine for 
a certain animal of one James Cuthbert, for hire, gain, and the 
hope of payment and reward. 2. That not having his name 
registered on the books of the Secretary-Treasurer of the Board 
of Agriculture, as a veterinary surgeon, he unlawfully did pre¬ 
scribe and administer medicine for a certain animal of one 
Walter J. M. Pratt, for hire, gain, and the hope of payment and 
reward. 3. That not being registered on the books of the 
Secretary-Treasurer of the Board of Agriculture, as a veterinary 
surgeon, he unlawfully did practice as a veterinary surgeon or 
farrier.” The case come up for hearing on January 14, at the 
