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Bureau R.F. & A Lands
3 Div 9th Sub Dist:
Woodstock Va April 30th/68

Brig Genl O Brown
Asst. Com'r.

Genl
I have the honor to report failure of the civil authorities to administer impartial Justice during the past month. viz:

On the 18th inst: two white men assaulted and robbed a Freedman, who complained to a magistrate, said magistrate not feeling competent to make out a correct process for such an offence, sent the Freedman to the Attorney for the commonwealth, who refused to attend to it, until monday evening (20th) where he drew up a process for assault and battery, entirely overlooking the robbery, the warrant as drawn up by the Attorney was issued by the magistrate, and one of the parties arrested, and tried for assault only, and bound over to appear at the June term for trial. 

I respectfully call attention to the fact that if the warrant had been for robbery, no bail

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