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Office of Asst. Supt. B. R. F. & A. L. Sub-Dist. of Essex, King & Queen & Middlesex Co's. Tappahannock, Essex Co., Va., Oct 30, 1866. Bvt. Brig. Gent. O. Brown, Bureau R.F. & A.L. General, I have the honor to make the following report in compliance with Circular No. 10, of date March 12, 1866. There has been several Freedman tried in this Sub-Dist. for stealing. I have been unable to attend all of these trials owing to my being so busy in taking the Census of the colored population. I was present at the trial of a col'd. man in Middlesex County for burning the jail; he received a very fair trial as far as I could see and was convicted, his sentence has not been passed yet. I have been present at several trials and could not see but what they were treated with impartiality and fairness and the law respecting their testimony carried out in good faith. I have not seen in any trial of a Freedman where a lawyer would plead the case of a Freedman as earnest and