Silfa v. Kennedy

This is an application pursuant to article 78 of the Civil Practice Act to direct the District Attorney and the police commissioner to return certain chattels to the petitioners. The chattels in question were seized by the police in the course of an arrest of petitioner. It is claimed by the petitioner that the criminal charge and the arrest are without foundation and are a part of the maneuvers in a struggle between the party in power and the revolutionary party in the Dominican Republic.

Whether or not this is so and whether or not the prosecution is baseless and the officials who are…