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0356

Bedford and Botetourt Counties
5th Div 7th Sub District Va Bureau RF & AL. 
Liberty Va May 31st 1867 

Bvt Brig Genl O Brown 
Assistant Commissioner
State of Virginia 

General,
In compliance with Circular No 10 series 1866. I have the honor to report that I have attended the courts of Botetourt and Bedford Counties held during the month of May, and that I have seen no [[strikethrough]] im [[/strikethrough]] partiality in the administration of Justice where freedmen were a party, excepting the case of the Commonwealth v.s. E.D. Noell, tried at the last Superior Court of Bedford County of which I made a special report at the time

Very Respectfully 
Your obedient servant
B.F. Shaum 
2d Lieut. Bvt Capt. U.S.A.
Asst Sub Asst Commr. 

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