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Report of C. A. Sullivan Agent Bureau Sub Dist of Starkville as required by Circular No 10 paragraph 2 issuing from office of Asst Commissioner at Vicksburg and dated August 10th 1867, for month of October 1867.

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| No of case. | Nature of complaint |  Result and action in the case |

| 1 | withholding property of freedman | ordered to deliver up property. complied with. |

| 2 | Under Genl order No 31 p 3 | No trial had yet, parties not ready (triable 23d Nov.) |

| 3 | Under Genl order No 31 p 1 | Guilty. 60½ bushels corn & share of cotton [[ordered?]] |

| 4 | Illegal apprenticeship. | Neither party appears. Case undetermined |

| 5 | Contest about right of property | Neither pary appears. Case dismissed |

| 6 | Under Genl Ord No 31 p 3. | Neither party appears. Case undetermined. |

| 7 | Under Genl Ord No 31 p 3. | Sustained, bal due of $5.90 awarded, paid. |

| 8 | Under Genl Ord No 31 p 1 | Not guilty, case dismissed, complainant refractory. |

| 9 | Under Genl Ord No 31 p 1 | Order to report treated with contempt, undetermined |

| 10 | Under Genl Ord No 31 p 3 | Sustained $15 00 to one $12.70 to other complts, paid. |

| 11 | Under Genl Ord No 31 p 3 | Not sustained. Referees decide "nothing due", (eight) |

| 12 | Under Genl Ord No 31 p 1 | Not sustained. Compl. idle and refractory. amt due undetermined |

| 13 | Under Genl Ord No 31 p 1 | Guilty, Compl receives $60 00 and agrees to leave the place. |

| 14 | Murder of freedman | Not Guilty, case referred to Genl Gillem opinion verdict conceived in. |

| 15 | Under Genl Ord No 31 p 3 | same case as No 23. |

| 16 | Under Genl Ord No 31 p 1 | Guilty. Deft makes all satisfactory & pays up wages. |

| 17 | Complaint of injustice in division of crop | Not guilty, division misunderstood, case dismissed |

| 18 | Coercion to give draft on crop for debt. | Sustained, Deft is notified of right of freedmen over crop. |

| 19 | Under Genl Ord No 31 p 1 | Guilty and course retracted satisfactory to all. |

| 20 | Unequal division | Neither party appeared. cont'd indefinitely |

| 21 | Under Genl Ord No 31 p 1 | not sustained, Complt is apprentice, case dismissed |

| 22 | Unfair division of crop | Case arbitrated and settled satisfactory to all. |

| 23 | Under Genl Ord No 31 p 3 | sustained $1.89 bal due & 1 cow, Referees decide, confirmed. |

| 24 | Under Genl Ord No 31 p 1 | not guilty. Complt idle & refractory — case dismissed. |

| 25 | Under Genl Ord No 31 p 3 | sustained Referees decide $62.25 due. confirmed. |

| 26 | Under Genl Ord No 31 p 3 | not determined. triable Nov 23d |

| 27 | Under Genl Ord No 31 p 1 | sustained. 50 bushels corn awarded. |

| 28 | Under Genl Ord No 31 p 3 | not sustained. settlement shown, case continued. |

| 29 | Under Genl Ord No 31 p 1 | not tried. case continued. |

Transcription Notes:
Stopped at 4 in the table. Had trouble deciphering some words.