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The President of the United States


To the Marshal of the United 
States for the Middle District of
Alabama

You are commanded to have the body of a black man by certain persons imprisoned and detained, [[strikethrough]] & have [[/strikethrough]] bring him forthwith before me to do and receive what shall be adjudged concerning him. (The man referred to stands accused of killing one Charles Lucas)

Dated at Montgomery, the 28th of May 1866.
Richard Bresteed
United States District Judge