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London, England, 1855-10-16 00:00:00

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MANSION-HOUSE.—(This Day.)

THE JEWISH MODE OF SLAUGHTERING
CATTLE.

(Continued from our First Edition.)

Dr. Lloyd deposed that be went to the slaughter.
house in question on the Bth Oct., and saw five bullocks
slaughtered by the Jewish mode, four died in 6 i minutes,
but in each case there was a second incision by the man
standing by. The other took 9A minutes. He had since
seen a bullock killed by the Jewish mode in 6A
minutes without the second incision. The regular cutter
remonstrated with the man for giving the second cut.
Death was instantaneous after pole-axing a bullock, by
the introduction of the cane. The Jewish mode was by
no means the most humane mode of killing cattle. By
the cutting, the vertebrated arteries were uncut, and the
animal being conscious, the flow of blood to the braic
caused pain. The vein was cut a second time, alluded
to above, from the blood coagulating.
By Mr. Ballantine.--Convulsions were caused by
haemorrhage. Death by bleeding was formerly considered
the easiest mode of dying ; that was by opening a vein.
Dr. Pavey, physician, lecturer at Guy's Hospital, bad
seen several bullocks slaughtered by the Jewish mode.
After the animal had been thrown down, the neck dis-
tended, and the incision made, it was thrown into vio-
lent convulsions whilst the blood was rapidly issuing.
After that there apppeared to be a collapse or syncope,
which lasted a minute or a minute and a half, the flow
of blood being much diminished. After that there was
another flow and violent convulsions, during which the
animal appeared to attempt to recover sensibility ; the
average time occupied in killing by this method was 6A
minutes. He had seen it in 44 minutes, and on one occa-
sion it occupied 9 minutes. He considered the use of
the pale-axe the best mode of killing, and he questioned
if the animal felt the cane on the brain. Separating the
spinal cord with a knife, as in Paris, or the use of the
pole-axe, were the best modes of killing cattle.
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Mr. Alfred Poland, lecturer at Guy's Hospital on
anatomy, concurred in opinion with the two previous
witnesses.

Mr. Ballantine said he defeaded nominally the de-
fendants, but appeared for the members of the Jewish
persuasion throughout the kingdom, whose conscience
and feelings bad been affected by it. He regretted his
friend, Mr. Bodkin, had not been consulted in this mat-
ter earlier, or some one connected with the feelings of
society and the prejudiess of any particular class, for if
they had been so consulted they would never have heard
of such a case before a public triiunal. He had scarcely
seen equalled in his experience so miserable a lack of
discretion as that which has been shown in raising
this question at the present time, and of intro-
ducing, or being charged with introducing, a feeling
of animosity which had been subsiding for years, and
which bad been the care of the legislature and wise men
to cause to subside as far as possible. He deplored such
cases could be brought forward by an irresponsible per-
son, because he was certain those who represented the
Government would have scouted the idea 6f raising such
a question, and would never have exposed themselves to
such a charge as those who bad brought it forward,
and by a lamentable want of discretion had raised the
question. On a reference to passages in Holy Writ,
they found positive instructions. They were to be care-
ful about animals suffering, and a positive prohibition
against cruelty. Positive and remarkable directions for
the treatment and management of animals, with a view
to save them from pain, whether for food, or hired for
labour. He proposed to deal with the question on three
heads :—lst, that the Jews could not conscientiously
adopt any other mode of killing their cattle than the
one now adopted ; and, secondly, that this question had
been unnecessarily raised. The act of Parliament, nor
the section under which this complaint was laid, did not
here apply ; nor was it ever intended it should apply,
and which a moment's reflection should have
told the promoters of these proceedings. He
censured these proceedings, as a means by which
to stigmatise a body of men as being cruel who
-were proverbial for their kindness, but they felt in
this case they could not sacrifice their religious convic-
tions to a body of men who had no more right to inter-
fere with their religious belief than bad the latter to dis-
cuss how the affairs of the society were managed, or
what gentlemen did when they went home to dinner t 3
eat animals that had been cruelly tortured to death to
minister to their luxury. All the Jews asked was to be
let alone in their mode of slaughtering their cattle,
which was etrictiy laid down the Old Testament,
which they looked upon as the divine command of God;
and the learned gentleman quoted several passages from
Genesis, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy which the Jews
considered of far more authority than the theoretical
opinion of medical gentlemen. This was the most mer-
ciful and humane mode as a whole wt ich could be
adopted by the Jews in slaughtering their cattle. The
Jews were always ready to obey the laws of the coun-
tries they inhabited. They would, however, continue
the practices they bad for so many centuries adopted,
unless the law of the country prevented them, in which
case they must remove to some other place where bigots
did not exist.

Sir Peter Laurie retired with the Chief Clerk, and on
Lis return said he had given the case great attention,
and was of opinion the summons must be dismissed.
The summons was accordingly dismissed.