Crane v. Mayor of Jersey

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kalisch, J.

On the 21st day of October, 1915, the prosecutor, who was a member of the Jersey City police department, was dismissed from that body. The ground of his dismissal was conduct unbecoming an officer. The specific charges made against him were that on the 13th day of October, 1915, while on duty at the Jewett avenue stable, he was ordered by Lieutenant Lynch, his superior officer, to leave the stable door open, whereupon the prosecutor used vile language, assaulted and attempted to shoot Lynch; that on the 14th day of October, 1915, the…