Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-26
LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS.
The Mccarthy Investigation Resumed by
the Assembly Committee.

the Assembly Committee.
The special committee of the Assembly
appointed to investigate the charges made
against Supreme Court Clerk Mccarthy
met at 0 \. NJ. yesterday to continue the in
quiry
Grove L. johnson, counsel for the prose
cution, asked if the blotter of the San Fran
cisco office had been brought up.
a. L. Hart, counsel for Mccarthy, read a
dispatch from Deputy Kilsby, saying that
the book could not be found and probably
had never been returned from the Grand
jury room, where il was used in Il former
investigation.
said blotter was taken back to the office
from the Grand Jury room. together with
the other books.
Mr. Hart said he had heard the book was
seen in the Grand Jury room some days
after the jury had adjourned However. he
did not think the book al all important in
this Investigation.
Johnson said the book was a very impor-
tant one, IS il contained the very entries in
McCarthys handwriting ON which many OF
the charges are based.
Leake said it was the cash book of the
San Francisco office and the only one kept
up to the time OF the Granu Jury inveSti-
CATION.
johnson asked that Subpenas be issued
for the Deputy Clerk there and the Sheriff
or District Attorney.
Mr.. Hazard said il was likely the com.
mittee would hold 4 session in san Fran.
cisco at the end of the week, and thought
it would be best 10 let that matter lie over
until the committee should 90 there.
The proprety of going to the Bay and
holding a Saturday night and Sunday seS-
sion was discussed at length. and finally
Chairman Motlitt decided that the commit
tee should go there
Gatfey, the Los Angeles deputy, was then
examined by counsel for the prosecution
Had made reports of the cash transaction,
of his office 10 the san Francisco office re.
membered the case of McCreary ". Fuller
received no instructions from Mccarthy in
relation To the entry i'll the records con.
cerning that case received S7l in fees in
the case. The fee book containing the
entry was offered in evidence When tht
report tor that month was made out, re-
ceived no instructions from Mccarthy IL
regard to it; received bill from the San
Francisco office, and collected the amount
did not send that money To San Francisco
but credited it to Mccarthy on his private
account, as the latter drew his twimes,
salary for him, and settled i'll that way.
A copy of the report for the month, EN-
bracing the above transaction, was pro
duced.
Witness testified that il was the usua
form of reports made by him. Recently
he found it necessary TO telegraph one re.
! 2 1at f,-.+
no conversation with McC Carthy in reference
to the writ of error in the case alluded to.
Mr. Johnson asked witness to turn tC
the record and see if he had any account
of license fees in the cases of Garfield anC
Mailman.
Witness showed that the sums were re
turned in the reports for the months fol
lowing their payment Received no notice
from the San Francisco Office in regard Il
the omissions. IN the matter of.the Dono
! van and Bledsoe licenses, they were some
how omitted from the December report
and on my attention beins called to it by
Mccarthy they were included in the Janu
AIRY report.
Witness said he had received from
Williams letter in regard to the depdties
assessments similar to that received by
Leake
Mr.. Johnson wanted to know if he had
been informed that the demand for S3Ot
was imperative.
The defense objected to the question
holding that the matter cut no figure III the
official conduct of Mccarthy.
The committee decided that the subject
was not ono demanding official inquiry
At 10 clock the committee took Il recess
till p. NJ.
At the evening session Grove L. Johnson
offered in evidence letter from Mr.. Me
Carthy to John T. Gafley, Deputy of the
office at Los Angeles, as follows
SAN FRANCISCO. June is. 1851.