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Horses. The buying of stolen horses is attempted to be checked by 2 & 3 P. & M. c. 7 and 31 Eliz. c. 12, which require a record of sales at markets; see, as to these Acts, Moran v. Pitt, (1873) 42 LJ QB 47. As to the limitation of the liability of railway and canal companies for the carriage of horses, see s. 7 of the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 31). As to larceny of horses, see Larceny Act, 1916, s. 3.

Cruelty to horses is punishable on summary convic-tion by fine or imprisonment, under the Protection of Animals Act, 1911, s. 1, as amended by the Protection of Animals, etc., Act. 1912, and 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 54, requiring the use of anesthetics in certain cases.

The slaughter of injured horses by, or by order of, the police is authorized by the same Act, s. 11; while the business of a 'knackers,' defined as a person whose trade it is to kill horses, is strictly regulated by ss. 5 and 6 of the Act and the regulations in the First Schedule thereto. As to Scotland, see Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act, 1912 (2 & 3 Geo. 5, c. 14). The Diseases of Animals Act, 1910, provides for the examination of horses before they are exported, and for the slaughter of such as it is cruel to keep alive. The master of a vessel is empowered to kill any horse that is seriously injured during the voyage; and see Exportation of Horses Acts, 1914 and 1937. See ANIMALS. The Horse Breeding Act, 1918, provides for the licensing of stallions by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and makes it an offence for any person being the owner of a stallion to travel it for service or to exhibit it on any premises not in his occupation with a view to its use for service unless the stallion is licensed. Consult, generally, Oliphant on Horses.