In re Delehanty

We find no disqualification of the third deputy police commissioner. The legal right to call the appellants as witnesses exists and their refusal to testify may be deemed a contempt.

*544Both of these appellants expressly deny claiming immunity upon the ground that their testimony might tend to incriminate them, but claim that they may not be compelled to testify because their testimony might subject them to a forfeiture by virtue of section 355 of the Civil Practice Act. Section 903 of the New York City Charter provides that public officers who refuse to testify at hearings and inquiries…