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Before me personally appeared the undersigned Handy Christopher and being duly sworn deposes as follows
My name is Handy Christopher I live in the City of Memphis Tenn  on the night of the 3d day of May 1866 two policemen and six other white men came to my house and robbed me and destroyed a great many of the articles, they took from me $275.00 in money and a gold watch worth $50.00 a pair of gold bracelets worth $35.00 clothing to the amt of $75.00 and destroyed other articles to the amount of $40.00, Total $475.00
Handy his X mark Christopher
Subscribed and Sworn to before me at Memphis Tenn this 8th day of May 1866.
(Signed) Michl Walsh
Capt & AAA Genl
& PM Freedmen
A true copy
F.MH. Kendrick
Capt & A.I. Genl.