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Q   State whether or not, from the time you came to my house until you left it with your wife, your wife was in the habit of coming from the field to the house, to suckle her child, between breakfast and dinnertime, at dinnertime, and between dinner time and night.

A   No Sir.  She generally came between breakfast and dinner time or between dinnertime and night.  She allways came at dinner time

America Denton wife of plaintiff after being duly sworn was examined as follows, By the Court.

Q   State the agreement made between you and the defendant, and what circumstances led to it.

A   I formerly belonged to the defendant.  I remained with him after the fall of Richmond, at that time defendant told me if I would remain with him he would pay me the price paid to other women when he learned what that price was.  I remained with him under that agreement until Sept 15th 1865, he gave me during that time nothing but my feeding and one Calico dress, before I left him I asked him to pay me for my work, he told me that he would give me nothing except my feeding and clothes, that I was worth no more to him, upon which I left him

Q   What work did you generally do?

A   I worked alltogether in the field at out door work such as plowing and grubbing.  I had one child, which was about three months old at the fall of Richmond.

Q   Did you lose any time during the day, attending to that child