AGE OF SHEEP.

North Otago Times, Volume XX, Issue 965, 25 August 1874, Page 4

AGE OF SHEEP.

'The following, from the " Hawke's, Bay Herald," is' likely to' prove of ' interest to some- of our readers t—'- . i In the Supreme' Court, the civil case .. of Galbraith and Turner v. Harding, came on for hearing before his HonorMr Justice Johnston and a special jury. This action,, as our readers are aware, was decided at the hist sittings of the Supreme Courts in Napier, in fovor of- , the^pl^intifl^j, j and a neyr /.trial having be$n applied for and granted, ,th% case, of course, had again fy) go, before a jury-. ' The cause of action is an alleged nonfulfilment of contract, and 'damages are laid at L7Q0. The whole case 1 binges n jnpon one point, viz.,> what is a'full- • mputhed , sheep., A mass, of evidence- , i Y^i^ en W. the^sidejof the, plaintiffs xo shdw that, from the experience. t>f the various , witnesses, a full-mouthed • ahe^p ! is one r that 'has ' arrived' 'ai full maturity, aud, ,that has eight under teeth '(incisors)' fitll and level. Should, it«» teeth, f or any of them, becbtfle " broken (whether by accident or otherwise), w6rn, elongatect/or'open, th/8^ it ceases to bp a^ul^-mpu^hed sheep, and' becomes broken-mouthed.. { ,Oa the \|#rt -of r the' defence v ii 'was contended .that, when a,sheep< (arrives, at the age <of four years, it is full-mouthed^ and ' so it remains until its demisej even v it ., may- j become,' brokenmouthed In the meantime. ,, It 'jrab fmihcir airgued : that the term "fullmouth?d" applied to sheep as did the term Horses, 'relating to age 1 -only, #nd ; not, to 'the condition of the ■ - mouth. —After* further arguments the Jury ,retjred; and, ( in..a fe#;nlifluteb. .Returned into pourt> when the fotfeman " nntimate4 t'hW ten of ' the jury hacl Agreed upon a VeMicfc, which was for ' -the plaintiff damages awarded being '3L10&"-' ' ' ■ ' ''- '•'!•