Sam, a freedman, on last Friday night one week ago, entered a store in Whiteville and proceeded to select a suitable lot of clothing, dry goods, etc. for himself and friends, and thinking it useless to disturb the inmates of the house, and not caring particularly about first or second cost, made off with his “plunder.” Sam was looked after, in face he was an object “muchly” coveted; he was found; accused of theft; tried before the magistrated on Saturday;put in jail on Monday; was brought before Honorable Judge of the Circuit Court on last Tuesday, and sent up to Nashville for three years.

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 27 Oct. 1866, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.