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and from there they went in search of the Guerilla Burroughs, and not finding him they went to Norfolk Va, when he was sent to Portsmouth and uniformed and made a soldier of, he states that he was no part to any sale, nor neither does he know where the Horse was taken away further than he intended that it had been taken and turned in at Whitehead Farm, then in possession of the Govt.
I would state that a person by the name of Munden (white) came to me in relation to the case, and requested me to interfere in the matter, he stated that he was very much interested in the case, as he knew Brockett well, and had been his overseer for some time before the war, and stated he was a very reliable man, and further, that he was acquainted with the facts in the case, and thought Brockett should not be held responsible for the loss of the Horse, and that the person prosecuting the case knew who had taken the Horse, and under what circumstances, and that since that time this woman (Hile) had told him that she had obtained an order for the Horse from Whitehead Farm, and said if she was a