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not feeling as though she could stay there had left; that if at the time of making the contract she had known that Dr. Beale was going to move his residence, she would not have made the contract, as there were no black people in the neighborhood to which she moved, and the whites were very hostile to negroes; that it was a very sickly locality, and that she did not consider she had made a contract to go to that locality.  I told her that I had not authority to interfere with Major Claflin's orders, but I would come back on Monday, and I thought Maj. Claflin would try the case.  She asked if it was necessary for her to go back to Dr. Beale's.  I told her she had better, when she cried; said she had come back of her own accord because she did not think she could like it there.  This took place about two months ago.
Q. Mr. Hart:- "Did she want to come to my house?"
Answer:- "Yes."
Q. Dr. Beale:- "Was Mr. Hart with the woman when you saw her?"
Answer:- "Mr. Hart was with the woman and two or three freedmen when I came to the court house."
Q. Dr. Beale:- "Was this statement made under oath?"
Answer:- "No. It was only a simple statement."
Theodore Robinson, sworn: