Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Deloughry v. Welles

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 15, 1896PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 8th day of March, 1895, directed to Leonard R. Welles; as commissioner of police and excise of the city of Brooklyn, commanding him to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Kings all and singular his proceedings concerning a trial, dismissal and removal from office of the relator as a patrolman of the police force of the city of Brooklyn, together with the specifications, charges,…

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Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 8th day of March, 1895, directed to Leonard R. Welles; as commissioner of police and excise of the city of Brooklyn, commanding him to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Kings all and singular his proceedings concerning a trial, dismissal and removal from office of the relator as a patrolman of the police force of the city of Brooklyn, together with the specifications, charges, testimony and decision in relation to such removal.

1Opinion of the Court

Hatch, J.:

The relator was called upon to answer two written charges, with specifications attached, of violation of duty in connection with his office of patrolman of the police force of the city of Brooklyn. *524The first of these charges was for violation of rule 12, section 5 of the rules adopted for the government of the police force of said' city. The specification was: “ That at the City of Brooklyn, on the 16th day of January, 1895, the said Patrolman Patrick Deloughry, violated Rule 12, Sec. 5, hy leaving his post. The said patrolman was assigned to duty on 5th Avenue from 12th to 13th…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Masterson v. . FrenchNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
  2. People ex rel. Roe v. McLeanNew York Supreme Court · 1890
  3. People ex rel. Gaus v. WellesNew York Supreme Court · 1895

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Eagan v. YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
  2. People ex rel. Leonard v. CropseyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
  3. People ex rel. Gilon v. ColerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
  4. People ex rel. Gilon v. ColerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
  5. People ex rel. Kennedy v. BradyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900

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