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Hayneville Oct. 27th 1865. 

Col. C. Cader. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, &c.

Sir: P.H. Cook, Esq, a Justice of the Peace for this County, and an acting agent of the Freedmen's Bureau, has handed me your letter of the 24th instant in relation to the complaint of a colored man named "Moses" against Mr. Cook for not issuing a Warrant for him against one Ben Herbert, who had committed an assault and Battery on him. The facts in this case are simply these: "Moses" did apply to Mr. Cook for a Warrant, and Mr. C informed him that Ben Herbert, for whom he wanted the Warrant, was kin to him; that he (Cook) was a brother-in-law of the said Herbert, and the law would not allow him to try any one who was kin to him. Mr. Cook told "Moses" to come to me and I would attend to his case. "Moses came to me and made his complaint and I immediately issued a warrant and gave it to the Constable to have the said Ben Herbert arrested. I also issued at the same time another warrant for said Herbert in favor of another negro. Both these warrants were given to the Constable to execute upon Herbert. But Herbert, knowing he would be arrested for his unlawful acts, left the place and the Constable has not been able to find him. If he comes back to this place so that he can be found he will certainly

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reviewing is already completed; one typo corrected and just needs to be approved NOTE: There were two additional typos ("be" instead of "me"; "issues" instead of "issued"), which I have now fixed. It is better not to say that a document "just needs to be approved" - no one should just click "Approve" without reading the page. This may be why so many pages are approved while still containing errors.