Williams v. City of Newport

Opinion: or -the Court by

Judge Logan

Affirming.

The appellant was a lieutenant of police in Newport. The police department in the city is controlled by a'commissioner of safety under the commission form of government; "and it consists of a chief of police, lieutenant, ór night chief, sergeants, or patrolmen. The city is divided into districts, and the districts are patroled by officers who work in three shifts of eight hours. Morris Llodeshu and- Michael 'Cassidy were patrolmen, and On the night of July 31, 1927, their duties required them to patrol 'certain parts of the second district. On the…