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Nothing was done about it until just after the passage of the Reconstruction Act, or in April 1867. the Grad [[Grand]] Jury found an indictment against him (Cheatham) The case was not tried until this month when he (Cheatham) was fined the enormous sum of $8.00. Now this is the influence such a verdict is having upon the colored people, who have been known to make this remark: that if that was all it costs to beat a white man there would be plenty of it done. Very Respectfully Your Obt. Servt. J. B. Clinton A.S.A. Comr. Bu. R.F & A L
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