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Hog stealing.

--Betsy Allen, a free negress, and Absalom, a slave, are to be tried by the Mayor to-day for stealing a valuable hog from Moses Branch, a negro. Absalom says he bought the hog of a white man, and has been given time to prove that fact.

The Daily Dispatch: October 7, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. October 7, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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