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While he had not less then twenty-five or thirty present to prove that he had not organized [[strikethrough]] organized [[strikethrough]] a military company or said or done anything to prejudice or incite the Freedmen against the Whites, but to the contrary that he had told them (the Freedmen) that they were not allowed to have any military demonstrations.

Furthermore there were two important witnesses, one of whom was lady from whom Dr. Lewis rents a plantation, by where it could have been proven that plots had been laid to drive Dr. Lewis out of the County. and who had heard  one Dr. Powell [[strikethrough]] had been heard [[strikethrough]] to say that Dr. Lewis and no other d-d Yankee should live in his neighborhood, who were not examined, as the Justice of the Peace disposed of the case before they arrived, refusing to wait till they could get to the C.H. where the examination was held. 

Thus Dr. Lewis was "sent on" for trial, while the Justice Peace refusing to admit him to bail, held like a common felon he was thrown into jail where he is now subjected to the greatest severity & punishment without a trial. He is kept in solitary confinement    

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UNABLE TO DETERMINE TEXT IN FOLD OF PAPER - (got it) UNABLE TO DETERMINE POSSIBLE NAME OF WITNESS - (got it) UNSURE OF PHRASE [[ d-d Junker ]] END OF LINE 14 (d-d Yankee) UNABLE TO DETERMINE VARIOUS WORDS THAT HAVE BEEN HASHMARKED OR SCRIBBLED. (got 'em) ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-12-14 17:46:03