People ex rel. Tucker v. Ennis
New York City Court
On application for certiorari. William Tucker, a telegraph operator of the fire department in the city of ' Brooklyn, was dismissed, without trial, by John Ennis, the commissioner of the fire deparment, and brings certiorari to review the proceedings.
1Opinion of the CourtClement, C. J.
This matter comes before us by writ of certiorari, and the respondent, who is the commissioner of the fire department of this city, admits in his return that the relator, William Tucker, was, on or about July 30,1878, appointed a fireman in the department; that on the 17th day of September, 1878, he was promoted to the office of bell-ringer; and that on or about July 9, 1880, he was again promoted, to the office of telegraph operator; and, further, that on the 27th day of February, 1886, he was dismissed from the department, as such telegraph operator, without a trial,—and the sole question…
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