People ex rel. Hammerstein v. O'Gorman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Application by the relator; William Hamnierstein, for a peremptory writ of prohibition upon the return of an alternative writ of prohibition issued out of the Appellate Division directed to James A. O’Gorman, a justice of the Supreme Courts and Theodore A. Bingham, as police commissioner, restraining them from taking any action in a proceeding to revoke a theatrical license issued to the relator. ■
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
This is an application for a peremptory writ of prohibition and comes before us upon an alternative writ and return thereto. The relator is the holder of a theatrical license issued under section 1473 of the Greater Hew York charter (Laws of 1897, chap. 378, as amd. by Laws of 1901, chap. 412).* A proceeding for the revocation of his license under section 1476 of the charter was instituted by the police commissioner and has so far proceeded that Mr. Justice O’Gorman, before whom the proceeding was heard, has handed down a decision granting the prayer of the petitioner that the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- The People v. . JaehneNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- People v. JensenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- People v. . JensenNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
3Cited by5 opinions
- In re the City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
- City of New York v. Alhambra Theatre Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
- McIntyre v. SawyerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- City of New York v. Alhambra TheaterNew York Supreme Court · 1909
- People v. EbbetsNew York Court of Special Session · 1917