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Page 1 Nov. 22nd 1865- Present Dodson, Webb & May- 1. Gov't. vs. R.F. Hobbs. Ch'd with assaulting & striking with a tumbler Booker Whitlow. Col'd- Witness- Booker Whitlow went into Hobb's saloon with Shadrack Saunders. Shadrack asked for a drink- Mr. Hobbs said if you dammed negroes to not clear out he would knock them down- He immediately went out & as he got to the door Hobbs threw a tumbler at him & struck him on the head- There were several white men in the saloon. It was about dark- Shadrack asked for the drink- It was for me because I was sick. but he did not say so when he asked for the drink.- Came from Lynchburg where he had lived for 14 or 15 years & has been living here about 6 months- Shadrack Saunders- makes same statement- Hobbs the prisoner- The man came in. Pleasants- Dunn- Fined $25 & $1 costs Fine paid- 2) Thos. Atkinson- Walter Pucci - Marion King - W.G. Simpson- Wm Rainkey - Thos. Sinclair- White Charged with riotous conduct [[strikethrough]] assault on Henry Jones [[/strikethrough]] Colored.- Witness- Wm Coldwell - Atkinson struck at the negro after he was arrested- St. Clair -
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