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pressively arrest and imprison, and cause to be arrested and imprisoned, one John Mattocks, a citizen of said State, and did thereby extort and unlawfully take from said Mattocks, and did compel the said Mattocks to pay the sum of ten dollars, which he, said Wiseman, then and there falsely pretended to be due to him. said Wiseman, as his costs as said agent, and the further sum of ten dollars as the falsely-pretended costs of one Greenwall, a pretended deputy and agent of his, said Wiseman, in making said arrest. 

Specification 4th - In this, that Theodore Wiseman, agent of the Bureau for the relief of Freedmen and Refugees, being on duty as such agent at Hernando, on or about the first day of November, in the year one thousand, eight hundred and sixty-seven, unlawfully and oppressively arrest and imprisoned, James Carpenter, a citizen of said State, and did thereby extort and unlawfully take from said Carpenter to pay the sum of ten dollars, which he, said, Wiseman, then and there falsely pretended to be due to him, said Wiseman, as his costs as said agent, and further sum of ten dollars, as the falsely pretended costs of one Greenwall, a pretended deputy and agent of his, said Wiseman, in making said arrest.   

Specification 5th --- In this, that he, Theodore Wiseman, agent of the Bureau, for the relief of Freedmen and Refugees, being on duty as said agent at Hernando, in the county of De Soto, in the State of Mississippi, did at or near Hernando, on or about the first day of November, one thousand, eight hundred and sixty-seven, under color of his office as said agent, oppressively and unlawfully arrest and imprison, and cause to be arrested and imprisoned, one Henry Wiggins, a citizen of said State, and did thereby extort and unlawfully take from said Wiggins, for the alleged use of one James Anderson, a freedman, and did compel the said Wiggins to pay the sum of forty-two dollars and ninety-five sent, claimed to be due the said Anderson from him, the said Wiggins, and the additional sum of ten dollars, for his, Wiseman's, own use as official costs which he, said Wiseman, then and there falsely pretended to be due him, said Wiseman, and the further sum of ten dollars, as the falsely-pretended costs of one Mullins, a pretended deputy and agent of his, said Wiseman, in making said arrest.
    
Specification 6th-In this, the said Theodore Wiseman, agent of the Bureau for the relief of Freedmen and Refugees, being in duty as such agent at Hernando, in De Soto county, State of Mississippi, did at or near said Hernando, on or about the first day of November, in the year one thousand, eight hundred and sixty-seven, under color of his office as said agent, unlawfully and oppressively arrest and imprison, and cause to be arrested and imprisoned, one Oliver Brown, a citizen of said State, and did thereby extort and unlawfully take from said Brown, and did compel the said Brown to pay the sum of ten dollars as costs which he, said Wiseman, then and there falsely pretended to be due him, said Wiseman.

Specification 7th-In this, that Theodore Wiseman, agent of the Bureau for the relief of Freedmen and Refugees, being on duty as such agent at Hernando, De Soto county, in the State of Mississippi, did at or near Hernando, on or about the first day of November, one