Jailor’s Notice.
WAS committed to the Memphis City Jail, on March 21, a negro man calling himself JAS. DAY [JAMES DAY]; says he belongs to George Torry of Jefferson county, Miss. Said negro is of dark copper color; 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high; will weigh 155 or 160 pounds; says he is part Indian; no flesh marks visible.
C.A. MALLORY, Jailor
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