People ex rel. Watts v. Board of Supervisors
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Cebtioeaei issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 19th day of July, 1915, directed to the hoard of supervisors of Niagara county, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Niagara all and singular their proceedings had in disapproving the bills of the relators presented to said board for services rendered as private detectives upon the employment of the district attorney of Niagara county.
1Opinion of the Court
Merrell, J.:
The relators, copartners, are private detectives, engaged in the investigation of crime and in procuring evidence to be used upon criminal trials, and have an office in the city of Buffalo, N. Y. In January, 1914, they were employed by the district attorney of Niagara county to conduct an investigation concerning certain disorderly houses thought to be running in *335the city of Niagara Falls in violation of law. Pursuant to such employment the relators carried on an investigation of the alleged violations, and obtained and furnished the district attorney with evidence resulting in…
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