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The State of Texas }
County of Houston }

To the Hon R A Reeves Judge of the Ninth Judicial District holding sessions in and for the County of Houston - Your petitioner John D Step who who resides in the County of Trinity and State of Texas would respectfully represent that heretofore (to wit) on the day of August 1867 and Frank Wingate of the County of Trinity and State of Texas was arrested by one Maj. Fred W Reinhard Agent of the Freedmans Bureau for the County of Houston on a charge of murder and upon examination he was required to give Bond in the sum of twenty five hundred dollars for his personal appearance before the said Fred W Reinhard at a future day which Bond was in [[?]] and affected made payable to the State of Texas as this petitioner Cannot obtain a copy of said Bond as it is in the hands of said Reinhard - And that on the day of September 1867 the said Frank Wingate and Ned Wingate who reside in the County of Trinity and State of Texas and one L.W. Cooper and Elijah L Dorsitt who reside in the County of Houston and State aforesaid combining together for the purpose of Harrassing defrauding and injuring your petitioner did then and there sign and affix the name of your petitioner to said

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