State v. Board of Chosen Freeholders

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, J.

The writ of certiorari brings into this court for review the action of the jail inspection committee of the board of chosen freeholders of Essex county, removing the prosecutor from his position as keeper or guard in the Essex county jail. He was appointed to this position on March 4th, 1890, for an indefinite period, and was removed on June 8th, 1895, without a hearing and without any charges having been first preferred against him. . -

The prosecutor is an honorably-discharged Union soldier, and claims that his removal is in violation of…