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Abstract of Proceedings of Freedman's Court for Elizabeth City County Va, for the month of August 1865

August 1st.

Present
R. Wood,  For Freedmen,
M.S. Reed,  1st Lieut. V.R.C. Asst. Supt., Recordr.

Willis Bratcher cold. vs. Napoleon Marshal, cold. Alex Patterson, cold.  Theft.
Plead guilty;-sentenced as follows, viz.
Napoleon Marshal,-confinement,-hard labor,-three months
Alexander Patterson, confinement, hard labor, one month.

Elijah Boyd, cold. vs. Adam Perkins, cold.  Assault & Battery.
Evidence proving a "free fight" in which each were violating the peace;-both sentenced to confinement for Fifteen days.

People vs. Thomas Mason, cold.  Larceny
Plead guilty,-Confinement for one month.