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0469

Bureau R F and A. Lands.
Hd. Qurs 6th Div'n 5 Sub. Dist. Va.
Matthews Ct. Ho. Va May 30, 1868.

S. C. Armstrong,
Sub. Asst. Comm, 5th Sub, Dist, Va,

Sir
In Compliance with Cir No. 10. Series 1866. I have the honor to report the following trials in which Freedmen were concerned at the Courts of  Gloucester and Matthews Counties in the month of May 1868.

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John W. Morgan (Colored) - Deft. }

On an Indictment for stealing and carrying away three bags of Corn, the property of Archibald Hudgings.

On the day of trial came as well the Attorney of the Commonwealth as the Defendant by B. F. Lee his Attorney and the said defend't plead not guilty to the indictment, and of this he put himself upon the County, and the Attorney of the Commonwealth, likewise and thereupon came a Jury to try the issue who being selected and duly sworn The truth to upon the issue joined, upon their oaths returned a verdict in these words "We find the defendant guilty" Upon the finding of the jury, it was considered by the court that the said defendant - John W. Morgan be imprisoned for the term of ten days in the County Jail, and it was further ordered that the Commonwealth recover of the same Morgan the Costs of prosecution by her expended. Thereupon the same Morgan was remanded to Jail.

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Richard Miller (Colored) Deft }
On an Indictment

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