Stein was accused & convicted of stealing a few pieces of lumber. Other names that appear in the case are Fred Espig, a grocer & Stein's employer, and Will Johnson (colored), Stein's assailant. (Stein had been looking for a heifer which he thought had taken shelter in a shanty when Johnson hit him over the head with a bludgeon.) Upper left of pages torn, pages are brittle, and remainder of Assignments 5 & 6 is missing.