From the Richmond Dispatch, 8/24/1864, p.1, c. 6

Charged with Stealing Corn. – A negro fellow, named William, slave of Cornelius Crew, was arrested yesterday afternoon by officer Granger on the charge of stealing one bushel of corn, belonging to West, a slave of Fanny Carter. When arrested, William was at a shanty occupied by himself, and was just in the act of shoving the corn under the bed when the officer entered.

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