Oriental Merchants Ass'n of Harlem, Inc. v. Valentine

Motion denied. Proponent of this motion seeks to restrain the police commissioner from stationing uniformed police officers on its premises. The commissioner, believing the criminal law against the maintaining of a gambling house is being violated, insists that in the enforcement of the law, and particularly to avoid a violation thereof, it is necessary to invoke the drastic procedure which occasions this application. Whenever the actions of the police are involved sight must not be lost of the requirements and needs of good government. No matter how trivial the offense, it is infinitely…