State v. Galati

Defendant is a police officer of Edison Township. He stands under indictment in Middlesex County for atrocious assault and battery and misconduct in office, in violation, respectively, of N. J. 8. A. 2A:90-1 and N. J. 8. A. 3A:85-1, the same apparently growing out of an altercation incident to an attempted arrest of a motorist. At the time, a fellow police officer, Eichard Eisher, was working as defendant’s partner, and presumably witnessed the events which gave rise to the charges.

Officer Eisher was called to testify before the Grand Jury which indicted his fellow officer, the defendant. His…