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G. Brownson, on September 29. 1866. The jury
found her "guilty" and sentenced her to the
penitentiary for the term of two years.

Freedman Frank Chamblin, husband of
the former, was arraigned on Octbr. 1st 1866,
for breaking into the gaol at Clinton and
thereby aiding said freedwoman Mary Chamblin
to escape. The jury found him "not guilty"
and he was therefore acquitted.

Freedmen Thomas Puckett and [[?]]
Puckett were tried before Magistrate Johnson
Henrys on Decbr. 29. 1866. The suit was entered
against them by Charles McDonald, for damages
for a horse, lost or stolen, while in their
possession. The jury found them "not guilty" 
and they were therefore acquitted. A new
trial was afterwards refused by Magistrate
Johnson Henrys.

Justice has been done by the Civil
authorities, in my opinion, to the freedpeople,
in all cases, except in the above mentioned
case of Harriet Brown vs. Hamilton.
I do not blame the magistrate for it, but the
jury, which consisted partly of unprincipled men.

The disposition and feeling of the
white people, towards the freedpeople, are of a
kind nature in general, and there have come
a very few Cases to my knowledge, when
whites had not been willing to fulfill their
promises, made to freedpeople. As laborers
are scarce in this section, the freedpeople
have enjoyed and enjoy now, a pretty good