Adamek v. Civil Service Commission

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Cook county reversing, on review, an order of the Civil Service Commission finding the plaintiff (a patrolman in the Chicago Police Department) guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer in that he solicited and received a bribe, and ordering him discharged from his position. The complaint filed in the Circuit Court alleged in substance that tbe finding and decision of tbe commission were against tbe manifest weight of the evidence.

The charges and specifications upon which the plaintiff was tried before the commission were in substance…