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0475 BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND ABANDONED LANDS, Head Quarters Assistant Sub-Assistant Commissioner, 4th DIVISION — FRANKLIN COUNTY —, 7th SUB-DISTRICT, STATE OF VIRGINIA, Rocky-Mount, Va., December 31st, 1867. Bvt Brig Genl O. Brown Ass't Comr Dist of Virginia General: In compliance with Paragraph 6 Circular No 10 Head-quarters Assistant Com'r State of Virginia series of 1866, I have the honor to report that two criminal cases came before the Franklin county court at the December term, in which colored persons were parties, and in both instances the evidence of colored persons was admitted and I believe full weight was given to their testimony, and the law relating there to carried out in good faith. I am General Very Respectfully Your Obd't Servt Newton Whitten 1st Lieut V.R.C. A.S.A. Comr
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