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Report of Proceedings in Cases Tried by Brevet Major J. R. Stone. Military Commissioner of Petersburg Va. under General Orders No. 31. C.S. Head Quarters 1st Military District in the month of August, 1867.

[[7 Columned Table]]
| Date 1867 | No of Case | Parties to Suit | Nature of Complaint | Synopsis of Evidence | Decision | Remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |  

| August 2nd | 1 | Henry Southall (c) vs. Chas Robertson (w) | Claims for services as Lawyer in Prince George County | No evidence taken | Case settled by mutual concession. | Case tried by a Justice of Prince George Co. Judgment for Plaintiff for $2.50 being to poor to appeal to a higher Court. Plaintiff asked Justice from the Military Commissioner. I suggested a compromise on a fair basis. Defendant agreed to pay Plaintiff $10.00 instead of the $2.50 before mentioned. Case settled on those terms. No evidence of intentional wrong by the Justice of the Peace. |

| August 5th | 2 | George May (c) vs. Robert Wilkenson (w) | Claim for Services at $8.00 per month. | No evidence taken | Judgement for $21.00 confessed and paid by Def't, and accepted by Plaintiff. | This case was tried by request of the Mayor of the City who acknowledged his inability to collect from Wilkenson |

| August 13th | 3 | Lucy Ann White (c) vs. Epps Hargrave (w) | Suit to recover possession of property claimed to be unlawfully held by Def't by force without legal process to secure the payment | No evidence taken. | After commencing the case, the Def't wishing to withdraw, allowed the Plaintiff to take her things. | The Mayor of the City being absent: the Plaintiff a poor girl from Richmond, on expense in this city, and her things having been held unlawfully for several months I felt justified in taking cognizance |