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ten minutes  About 9 oc in the evening after it was known that these fellows were safe the mayor called and offered if I would make a written complaint, he would issue a warrant and "day after tomorrow" send it to some constable outside and see if they could not arrest the parties; the whole thing is so outrageously farcical that I have determined to say no more to the authorities here  I ask permission to punish these men  One of these same ruffians, Kerr, some days since, shot a quiet negro in the head with a pistol, nearly killing him; he was not arrested  Reddick the magistrate before referred to says he would have issued a warrant to day when I demanded it, but his daughters persuaded him not to  Am I to continue witnessing these denials of justice

Very rsptly 
Your obt svt
J R Stone  Bvt Maj
Asst Supt Bureau RF & AL

Capt Wm P Austin
Supt Bureau RF &c
1st Dist Va

                  

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