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The Freedmen's Bureau vs. B.M. Richardson Assault and battery upon, and brutal treatment of Daniel Bagley - Freedman - 3/21/65 [[end page]] [[start page]] Bureau R.F. & A.L. Raleigh Mon 28. 1866 Respectfully forwarded to Dept Comdr. The Sentence of the Freedmen's Court is disapproved; because it is inadequate to the charges, & 2d because it exceeds the authority of an officer of this Bureau to impose. I respectfully request that the accused be tried by Military Commission. [[signature]] E. Whittlesey [[/signature]] Asst. Comsr. E.B.p. 165. [[Refer?]] to Judge Advocate Trial will be had as soon as possible File