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Bureau R.F. and A.L.
Office Agent 3rd Division, 1st Sub District Va
Suffolk Va September 30th 1867

Brevet Brigadier General
O. Brown
Asst Commissioner, State of Virginia, 
Richmond Va

General
I have the honor to transmit the following Monthly Report for the Month of September 1867, in compliance with Circular No 10, Bureau R.F. and A.L. Head Quarters, Asst. Commissioner, State of Virginia, Richmond Va March 12th 1866, of the manner in which the Order restoring to the State Authorities jurisdiction in the trial of Criminal Cases of Freedmen has resulted in the Third Division of the First Sub District of Virginia, consisting of the Counties of Nansemond and Isle of Wight, Virginia.

I can see no change in the actions of the Magistrates of this Division, the same prejudices against the Freedmen still exists, and it seems impossible for them to believe a Freedman when on Oath with the same degree of Faith, as that of a White man. 

Several of the Magistrates are disfranchised, and as they are aware that they cannot be elected to the position again, they seem to be more prejudiced than before they were disfranchised. 

At the trial of Freedmen before the Courts, the same forms and ceremonies are gone through with, as in the case of a White man, and if a Freedman should really be guilty of the crime charged against him, no matter how mitigating the circumstances of the case might be, he will be sure to 

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-05-07 13:46:58 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-05-08 10:21:21 "disfranchised" isn't a word, so its likely a misspelling of disenfranchised.