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and Hughes was discharged, while the jury who had brought in a verdict of guilty were yet in their seats. I have appealed both to magistrates and the mayor against demanding excessive bail from freedmen charged with trivial offenses but they inform me the statutes gives them no discretion below amounts it is impossible for most of them (the freedmen) to give. The consequence is the jail is often crowded to the great cost of the county and demoralization of those who have committed perhaps their first offence. I have the honor to be, General Your obt servt Thos P Jackson Asst Sub Asst Comr