People ex rel. Brown v. Greene
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 29th day of December, 1903, directed to Francis Y. Greene, as commissioner of police of the police department of the city of New York, commanding him to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Kings all and singular his proceedings had in relation to the removal of the relator from the police force of the police department of the city of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
Rich, J.:
This is a writ of certiorari bringing before us for review the determination of the defendant finding the relator guilty of a violation of the rules of the police department of the city of New York, and dismissing him from the force.
There is no question that the defendant had jurisdiction of- the subject-matter and that he pursued the authority conferred upon him in the mode required by law to authorize his determination, and there is no force in the contention of relator that the deputy .commissioner, before whom the evidence was taken and who recommended the dismissal, directed…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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