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If this verdict be allowed to stand I will feel ashamed of the office I occupy and of looking a Freedman in the face. I beg earnestly that justice may be vindicated - I am satisfied from what I have [[?]], that no Freedman will be tried impartially by a jury of this society.) Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant James Askworth Capt URG Tapt. Supt. Bureau R. Z. M L.4th D.VA