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Commonwealth, or the Grand Jurors of the county, or other authority having criminal jurisdiction or control, to receive a complaint, oath, or affirmation tendered by a freedmen; nor do I know of any instance in which a freedman’s evidence has not received all the consideration to which I it was entitled. 
I strongly incline to the opinion, from all I have seen and heard, that the freedmen in this county have lost nothing by the transfer of jurisdiction in criminal cases, from the Freedmen’s Court to the State authorities, except in the delays to which they are necessarily subjected.
I have the honor to be,
Very Respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
Wm Linn Tidball,
Captain V.R.C. & 
Asst. Supt.,
B.R.F. &, A.L. 

Through
Bt. Mj'r. Wm R. Morse,
Supt. 4th Dist. Va., 
Gordonsville, Va. 

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-04-25 13:33:35 This is William Linn Tidball