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jail an accusation of burning a hay stack belonging to James [[Fitch?]] this case I mentioned in my last report, 2nd case, George Knowlin freedman arrested and confined under charge of stealing a mule; when he had only taken the mule out of his employer's grain field; not knowing the owner: he was taken care of the mule in order to keep the animal out of the grain field. 3rd case [[Laraina?]] Tyson was bound over for his appearance at court for drawing a weapon on a freeman who had knocked him down. 4th case Charles Hudson loged in jail for stealing timber. The owner of the timber Mr Berry, had granted Hudson the privilege of cutting a few loads of wood and haul to town, but Berry at the time of Hudson's arrest was away. 
The action of the Grand Jury was very unsatisfactory not a single bill of indictment was found out of many cases I sent in together with the facts and names of witnesses.
A man named Dave Johnson in the northern part of this county makes his boast of killing "niggers" I have given information of the fact to the authorities here and are only waiting now, for the assistance of the military to arrest the said Johnson and his party

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not sure if last name is Fitch or Fritch