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Bureau RF and A Lands
Office A.S.A.C. 3rd Div 6th Sub Dist
Tappahannock, Essex Co August 31, 67

Wentworth, Watson R
2nd Lieut V.R.C. A.S.A.C.

Reports, in compliance with Circular No. 10 dated Hd Qrs Asst Comr March 12/66 [[strikethrough]] R [[/strikethrough]] that all cases tried before the Civil Courts in his Division and in which freedmen were concerned were treated with impartiality with exception of one case, brought before a Justice of the peace, viz: a freedman was convicted [[strikethrough]] with [[/strikethrough]] for stealing a hog, Value $10, he was sent to jail for felony, bail refused, his crime being misdemeanor instead of felony - had him returned to the Justice of the peace, who thereupon admitted him to $250 bail, which was reduced to $100.

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[[stamp]] STATE OF VIRGINIA. BUREAU OF R. F. & A. L. RECD. HD. QRS. ASST. COMMISSIONER. SEP 5 1867 [[/stamp]]

Bureau RF and A Lands
Headquarters Sub Asst Comr 6th S.D. Va.
Fredericksburg Va Sept 4th 67

Respectfully forwarded

James Johnson
Bvt Lieut Col Major VRC
Sub Asst Comr

E and M Vol 2 fol 239.67

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