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| Date of Report 1866 | Subject | County | Dist | Folio |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|   | eight negroes were knocked down and beaten - five of them Severely - Two of the cases were committed through the day the persons were arrested and bound over to keep the peace - The others were committed at night by unknown persons | Botetourt | 7th | 85 |
| May 31 | Asst Supt at Rocky Mt. reports case of Jas M Dass (white) and Thomas Phelps (black) both tried for horse theft and found equally guilty - one Jury sentenced the white to one years imprisonment while an other Jury sentenced the black to five years imprisonment |   | 7th | 86 |
| May 31 | Asst Supt at Lynchburg reports case of a colored man who was pursued, shot at and wounded in the hip by a party of white men because he would not play the Banjo for them | Campbell | 7th | 87 |
| June 30 | Asst Supt at Staunton reports that he does not know of one instance in which the complaint of a Freedman against a white man has been noticed upon application of a Freedman | Augusta | 7th | 88 |
| July 6 | Reports an action of the Civil Authorities in the case of Floyd Adams Freedboy v.s. Madison Dooms (White) for assault & battery  gross injustice was done the boy.- | Augusta | 7th | 89 |
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Got the base paragraph down, margins need to be done along with fixing of some names (some cursive is unclear) ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-04-24 15:08:24