People ex rel. Titus v. Board of Police of the Metropolitan Police District

These cases are in all respects similar to the case of G-orman, except that the jury have found in these cases, in addition to the findings in Gorman’s case, that the relators, since April 15th, 1857, entered on other employments inconsistent with their duties as members of the police force.

If the jury had found and stated the nature of those employments, so that this court could see that it was the duty of the board of police to remove these relators for the cause found against them by the jury, it would not he proper, within settled principles of law, to direct a mandamus to issue to compel…