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Asst. Sup't. R. F. & A. L.
Talladega, Alabama, May 20th. 1866

Colonel!

I have the honor, to report, that the case of assault and battery spoken off in my letter of the 12th inst. was tried before a Magistrate's Board on Wednesday 15th. inst. and discharged, it being proved by evidence that the Plaintive (the Negro Woman) was the assaulting party, knocking Defendant down with a piece of rock. It is now alleged by the woman (Plaintive.) that Defendant's witnesses (Negroes) had been bought, and that her own witnesses did not support her sufficiently.
The Plaintive was represented by Mr. Bowman, Solicitor for the County, who in my opinion did all he could to establish the true facts in the case, and so did the Magistrates do all the law requires of them.
The assertion of Plaintive, that witnesses (Negroes) were bought by Defendant is not all improbable, but their examination at the trial does not justify any such believe.