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Tabular report of the administration of Civil Justice in the 8th Sub Dist. of Va for August 1868

[[10 columned table]]
| Names of Plaintiff | Color | Names of Deft | Color | Charge | Finding | Sentence | Names of Judge or Mag. | Where tried | Remarks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Commonwealth |   | Atkins White | Cold. | Larceny | not Guilty | Acquitted |   | Wytheville Va |   |
| Commonwealth |   | Charles Jenkins |   | Larceny |   |   |   | Wytheville Va |   |
|   |   | Esquire Wade |   | Larceny | Guilty | Two years in Penitentiary |   | Wytheville Va |   |
| Lucinda Gowens | Colored | Aaron McDonald | White | Assault & Battery | Guilty | Fine $3.00 cost .50 Total 3.50 | Hancock, L.D. [[Former?]] Magistrate | Wytheville Va. | The case of Gowins Vs. McDonald was extremely trivial Pltff being as much & more to blaim, than Deft. except the technical breach of the peace. |

In compliance with circular No 10 Series 1866 I hereby certify that no cases of partiality or unfairness in the Civil Courts in suits in which Freedmen were interested parties have been reported or known.

H.G. Thomas
Bvt. Brig. Genl.
Capt. 20th Infty
S.A. Comr.