Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1806-06-30

| faid received by him of the county
Treafurers, appear to be credited 20
the Commonwealth, but inafmuch as
their comniflion does not authorize
them to fettle the Attorney Generals
account, they can only obftrve, that
the charges appear to be for fervices
and monies advanced in civil fuits,
in behalf of the Commonwealth,
fome Of which have been pending in
the Courts, from the year lsoT to
the prefent time-that it does not
appear TO your committee. that any
account has been fcttled between the
Commonwealth and the Attorney
General, Gncc the an January
1903, at which time, by Refolve
of the Legislature of that date, a fer-
Element was made, concerning civil
(uits.
Behdes the above, the Chairman
of the Committee ltated, vsyb4lYy,
that they had nor had time to obtain
information from all the counties,
and knew not the fate Of facts in diff
tant counties.
REMARKS.
Though the Committee which
made the above report were reftri6t
ed in their commiflion, to inquire
respecting monies received in cafes
OF Indictments, and though they had
not time TO afcertain all the facts to
which their comRniiIion extended, we
are happy that they have made an
early report, thar members, of the
Fiouie, who are daily, returning to
their homes, will have this informa-
ton to carry with them, that he
charge made in the Repertory, that
Mr.. Snllivan had received NAMES of the
Common ,reaAb FIR zvbicb he had not
accounted WAS TRUE.
Supported in our charge by the
extorted concelIion of Mr.. Sullivan
himleif, we now beg leave 70 reca-
| pitulate the hiitory Of this buGnefs.
The Repcrtory of March al con-
tanned the following charges. 1t
mutt be well underftood by every
man acquainted with the duties Of
the Attorney General, that monies
belonging to the Commonwealth
mutt frequently pats into his hands.
We have inquired at the proper bu-
reaH whether he renders an account
OF all monies received, for the Com
monwealth and find that be does net.
! This and fome other charges
brought from Mr.. Sullivan, long
explanation and defence, which he
publifhed in the Chronicle, Of March
II, hgned with his name at length.
He protected that he was inocent
and pretended to give full fate
ment of his money concerns with
the Commonwealth. He gave cred
it for so dollars, granted him in
1892 by the Legislature. This he
faid was all the money belonging to
the Commonwealth, in his hands,
and concluded his publication in
| thele remarkable words" have no
Publick money but that $50 dollars
to account for. i have received none
but aobst I bax receipts for.
1ames Sulivsn."
We knew this was falfe \; and that
he had received other monies, which
he now concealed, and for which he
had no receipts We therefore con.
Gdered his declaration as jultifying
Us III accuhng him of embezzlement.
No reply was made to this and a
few days hnce we repeated the charge
and urged the proPriety of Leglila-
tive inquiry.
A Committee was appointed, re-
ftri6ted however TO inquire into his
receipts of fees on indictments only,
and whether he had accounted for
them. This embraced but part of
what we had in view but if this
committee found that at the time
Mr.. Sullivan declared he had but 60
dollars for which he had not receipts,
he actually had stbe, (ams for which
he had no rfeeipt5, the charge againit
him, was fubfantiated.
| We put document, proving the
fact, into the hands of the Commit.
| tee. twas carried 70 Mr.. Sullivan,