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Bureau of R.F. & A.L.
Hd Qrs Asst. Supt. Sub Dist. No 3
7th District Va
Rocky Mount Franklin Co. Va
August 31st 1866
Bvt. Brig Genl. O. Brown
A.A.A. Genl B.R.F & A.L.
State of Va.
General:
Pursuant to Par. VI Circular No 10 C.S B.R.F. & A.L., Hd. Qtr. Asst. Comr. State of Va. I have the honor to report that as no criminal cases to which any colored person has been a party have, to my knowledge, come up for trial or hearing in this county since my recent entrance on duty as Asst. Supt of the same, on the 17th Inst. I am as yet unprepared to venture an opinion as to the manner in which said order, by restoring to the State authorities jurisdiction in criminal cases our colored persons, has resulted with respect to the interests of the latter, within my Sub District. I have thus far however, had no good reason to believe that they will not be treated