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State of N Car  }
Franklin County } SS

Before Freedmans Court

Primus N. Jones ^[[insertion]] Freedman [[/insertion]] being duly sworn upon his oath that he resides in Franklin County State of North Carolina and that he went to N. Pattisons to bottom chairs for him and bottomed one chair and commenced another after supper went to bed and next morning was prepairing to go to work defendant's wife told me I had lost my Pockett book s' went whare I was at work and Mr N Pattison was there and took my Pockett book from the inside of his waisbane of his pants, and handed it to me I saw the money was gone I told him when I lost it there was a string tied around it Mr N Patison flue in a rage and said he would kill me. I ran through the field, he shot at me once and then ran and overtook me and threw me on the ground struck me with club and pounded me with his fist. I told him for god sak not to kill me he said I will God dam you I got away and run.

"Question how old are you ^[[insertion]] Ans [[/insertion]] about sixty years old