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to two years in the Penitentiary. The friends of this man feel satisfied that if the case is laid before the Governor a pardon can be obtained.

Some time since a Freedwoman in Floyd Co. named America Ingraham and a white man named Notley P. Adams were arrested, the woman for stealing a horse and the man for receiving the stolen property. The horse was branded U.S. and the woman claimed it as her property it having been given her by one of Gen Stonemens men, and she sold it to the man Adams; A statement of the case was sent to Gen Terry by Adams' counsel, and he directed that the case be investigated and if Adams statements were found to be true that the court be ordered not to proceed in the matter; Lieut C.S. Schaeffer Asst Supt 8th Dist Va. investigated the case and issued an order directing the County Court of Floyd Co. not to proceed in the matter, but the court refused to recognize Gen Terrys authority and decided to go on with the trial.

I attended the trial and am satisfied from the evidence adduced and from the strenuous exertions made by the man from whom the horse was taken, to convict Adams of receiving stolen 

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