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Hd. Qrs. 5th. Div. 5th. Sub. Dist. Va.
New. Kent. C.H. Va. Dec. 23d, 1867

Bvt. Brig. Gen O. Brown
Asst. Comr. Dist of Va.

General.

I have the honor to inform you that at the Dec. term of the New Kent. County Court, there were no cases tried in which the rights of Freedmen were involved.  At the Charles City County Court, the following cases came up viz -

1 The Commonwealth of Va. vs. Henry Jenkins (cold) - already reported -

2 The Commonwealth of Va. vs - Billy Pence (cold): Charge, Misdemeanor -

3 The Commonwealth of Va. vs - Moses Binford (cold): Charge, Misdemeanor 

The two latter cases were tried on the second day of the court, and as I returned to New Kent,