Freedmen's Bureau Records: W. Storer How to Orlando
Brown, April 30, 1866
Summary:
W. Storer How, although based in the Winchester Bureau office, reports on the
workings of the legal system in Augusta County.
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands
Headquarters
Sixth Section Virginia
Brevet
Brigadier
General
Orlando Brown
Assistant Commissioner Richmond Virginia
April 30th 1866
Winchester Virginia
General
In accordance with [unclear: P] VI Circular Number 10 dated Richmond Virginia March 12th 1866 I have the honor to report that no information has reached me [unclear: tending] to show that by restoring to the State authorities jurisdiction in Criminal Cases on colored persons.
They have been treated otherwise than with impartiality and fairness [deleted: ] the law respecting their testimony carried out in good faith with the exception of the failure to arrest the murderer of a freedman at Berryville and the gross injustice to a freedman by a Magistrate at Staunton previously reported.
I am General
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
W. Storer How
Brevet Major agent &
Superintendent
