The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-27
BROOKE REPORTS
 ID THE GOVERNOR
 0N THE CAMP CASE
States Ensley Judge Is Due Treasurer of County
 S2684.50
WHOLE MATTER GOES
 BEFORE GRAND JURY
Examiner Recommends Law to Re- uuire Justices of Peace to Give Full Information About
 Their Courts

Full 1nfOrmatlon ADout
 Their Courts
 The report of H. Y Brooke. examiner of public accounts, of the books of the inferior court of Ensley, which was rem dered to the governor August IT, was released for publication in Birmingham yesterday through Jesse Stallings, legal adviser of the administration.
 The report in full is included in over 4oo pages of closely typewriter matter, and is most exhaustive. MT. Brooke stated yesterday that he had been occu- pied for more than three months in work ing up the evidence and preparing the report In reaching his conclusions it was necessary for him to summons large number of witnesses and to exam inc them In virtue of the authority in vested by the legislature.
 In the report MT. Brooke recommends that you (the governor cali the atten- ton of the legislature to the necessity for the enactment of laws that will pre-  nesses who appear or who are to appear before examiners of public accounts in obedience to law. A law compelling every justice of the peace or judge of every in ferior court to give receipts. retaining duplicate of each, for every fine paid into said courts should be enacted and there should be heavy penalty imposed for failure to give receipts for all fines coi- lected."
 The report of MT. Brooke states that Judge C. F. Camp of the Ensley inferior court is due the treasurer of Jefferson county s26S4.5o Jesse Stallings, the gov ernors legal adviser, stated yesterday that suit against Judge Camp had been brought in one of the local courts, and Mir. Brooke states that his report in full is at the present time in the bands of the grand jury. --<.sr -..##
 BrOOke's Report
 The resume of the report follows: Hon. Emmett O'Neal, Governor of Ala
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 Sir In obedience to instructions re- ceived from the governors office I have tAdIhlBeu lHt boohof aNtouht5 ahh Nou1ii- CTS of the inferior court of Ensley e. K. Camp, judge; J. H. Leath, clerk; Lee White, constable), covering the time from the creation of the court to the 23d day of May, 1911 inclusive, and report as fol- lows:
 "C. F. Camp, judge, is due the treasury of Jefferson county s2,Ss4.5O. Itemized statement follows
 Amount of fines imposed
 as shown by the evidence
 Exhibit B) ............... .2sso.O Constable's fees allowed
 Exhibits K and L....... s22l. 50 Payment May %, 1911, Coun-
 ty Treasury, fines (by
 indse) ...................... aoo Payment May 25, 1911, Coun-
 ty treas. costs (by cierk).. 19.o0 Total credits ...,. s3OGO0
 Balance due .. 2,6S4.50
 s2,99O.50 The clerk of this court has over paid the county treasury on costs in civil cases the sum of $3.6o. In making this latter statement I accept the checking, under my. direction, of MT. Sam Morrow. clerk of the county auditor, who has been valuable aid to me.
 "(a). There have been 2S7 cases en- tered on the dockets since I examinei docket No 1 on the 23d day of May, 1911 It Is too fanciful for contemplation and too incredible for belief that the fudge of this court did not know that he had tried many cases which were not
 l.o .t,o hox-a 1a me acquainted with this fact. The only purpose to be served was the covering up and concealing the fact that he had received a large amount of money which belonged to Jefferson county and had not paid it into the country treasury.
 q am compelled to charge the judge with every item in the testimony, for we're fines imposed that should be on the dockets, but had not been entered. For the purpose of making these entries, lie obtained from me docket No. 2, and kept it about a week, but did not. make an entry Mir. Bell. his attorney. informed me that he had advised the judge that he had no legal right to make entries on the docket.
 .The making of this examination has beer obstructed in every way possible.
 ''The judge of this court (see page 10s. ct seq of the testimony, appeared be- fore me in obedience to a subpoena and declined, through his attorney, to answer any questions. His reply (made by his attorney) to all interrogatories pro- pounded to him concerning his acts as judge was as follows:
 Camps Answer
 "Robert N Bell, appearing for Judge Camp as his attorney. states that Judge Camp appears in obedience to summons by the examiner, and in order to show that he does not desire to be in con- tempt of the court, or the examiner. but refuses to testify as to any transactions of his own, or any business transacted by him In connection with the office ot judge of the inferior court of Ensey, or the inferior court of precinct 45 of Jef- ferson county, on the grounds that his testimony in this proceedings might teni to incriminate him, and on the further ground that the office of judge of the inferior court of Ensley or of precinct d5, whichever 1t may be properly styled, is not an office which the examiner. Is ...4t,a,;,ad fo fpuecffpafa ,,pdAf. fha laws