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Bureau R. F. & A.L.
Office 2nd Division 4th Sub Dist
Goochland C. H. Feb. 1 -1868-

General:
In compliance with Circular No. 10 Par. 6 dated Richmond Va. Mar. 12th 1866, in reference to the result of turning over to civil authorities jurisdiction in criminal cases with reference to the interests of Freedmen, I have the honor to submit the following Report.

Since assuming the duties of my office in this sub dist. the only case in the courts involving the interests of Freedmen, to which my attention has been called, was that of a colored girl about sixteen years of age, who was arrested in the County of Fluvanna in June last, and indicted by the grand jury for the crime of murdering her own new-born offspring, of what sex the indictment did not state. The particulars of this case are set forth in my report of this date in reference to

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