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proceed in the matter, and wished Mr Butler, another magistrate, to take it in hand. Mr Butler declined_ I then told Mr Hunter that if he and the other magistrates were unwilling to protect the Freedman, to say so_ But they protested that they were willing, and after much consultation they
decided (three of them) to issue a warrant under
their joint authority of the arrest of Richard
Bibb Jr the man who was the ringleader in the disturbance. and this decision was arrived at I understood after a suggestion had been made to the Magistrates. that they could have the party arrested for Contempt of Court, or at least to propitiate Public opinion, they could put it upon that grounds, The warrant after having been drawn was given to the Freedman by Mr Hunter who told him to take it to Mr Ogg, a constable living in the District where Richard Bibb Jr resides; and at the same time, the said Richard Bibb was with his companions drinking Eternal Damnation to the Yankees at the Tavern Bar not One hundred yards from the Court House & waiting for the "damned Nigger to come out away from that Yankee"_ The freedman demurred taking the Warrant_ and I asked Mr Hunter if he considered that the Warrant itself afforded the

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