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A No, the boy William alluded to was instructed by me to feed the house hogs regularly. My old man John attended to the out hogs. Your wife never fed either house hogs or out hogs,

Jessee A. Brown a witness for the for the Defence having been duly Sworn was Examined as follows. By the Court;

Q State what you know of the agreement between the plaintiffs wife and the defendant.

A I came to defendants house on 21st of April 1865 and remained there. in July following I heard the wife of the plaintiff say that the defendant had told her and others of his servants, after the fall of Richmond, that they were then free and could leave him if they thought proper, and that he was not able to pay them anything for their labor if they remaind with him, but would do for them now as he had done heretofore, feed and clothe them and give them medical attendance when sick

Q Where were you when you heard this woman make this statement;

A In the wheat field, on defendants place, where we were all at work

Q What position did you occupy with the defendant

A I stayed at his house and worked on his farm;

Q What time did this woman go to work and how much did She do in a day. Generally.

A She generally went to work an hour or two hours after Sunrise. She went back to the house about ten oclock to Suckle her child and remained an hour or an

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