People ex rel. Shenfield v. Waldo

The relator, a patrolman in the police department of the city of New York, was dismissed the uniformed force. The charge was “neglect of duty, conduct unbecoming an officer and violation of the rules.” There were three written specifications of these charges. After a hearing the police commissioner determined that the relator was not guilty of the second and third specifications, but that he was guilty of the first, which reads: “ Said Patrolman Leo Shenfield, Shield No. 1249, having been informed that the carcass of a hog, the property of Richard Webber, 120th street and Third avenue, had…