Gordon v. Chief of Police of Cambridge

The petitioner Gordon seeks a writ of mandamus to restore him to the office of police captain of the city of Cambridge, from which he was removed on November 5, 1921, by the respondent, as chief of police of said city. The material facts are as follows: On November 2, 1921, Gordon received a letter from said chief of police suspending him from the police department, and notifying him that on November 5, 1921, at 10 A.M. he would be given a hearing upon charges preferred against him. He requested a public hearing, but his counsel notified the respondent that no hearing could legally be held as…