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Probate Office Elmore County
Wetumpka Octob 19th 1867

Dear Sir
Yours of the 16th inst has been duly received. The colored man, to whom you allude as being in jail for living in adultery, I presume is one Sing Nichols, as he is the only man that I can hear of, who has been arrested upon this charge. 

The facts in regard to his arrest, are these. The grand jury, at the last term of our Circuit Court, found a True Bill, against Sing Nichole and a white woman, for living in adultery. Some time after the adjournment of the Court, the Sheriff arrested both parties, and required a bond of $250- of each, for their appearance at the next term of the Court. The woman gave bond, but he failed. The sheriff kept him here several days in temporary confinement, thinking, (as he informs me) 

Transcription Notes:
not sure what the ? phrase is, perhaps a legal term? Tame bill? looks like True Bill "true bill" definition from Law.com = the written decision of a Grand Jury (signed by the Grand Jury foreperson) that it has heard sufficient evidence from the prosecution to believe that an accused person probably committed a crime and should be indicted. Thus, the indictment is sent to the court.