People ex rel. Coughlin v. Webster
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 9th day of April, 1904, directed to Charles I. Webster, commissioner of public safety of the city of Troy, N. Y., requiring him to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Rensselaer all and singular his proceedings had in dismissing the relator from the position of chief of police of the city of Troy.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.:
Upon the 30th day of January, 1904, written charges, duly verified, were presented to the respondent Webster against the relator. Upon the second day of February relator filed his answer to those charges, and the third day of February was the date appointed for his trial. Upon that day counsel for relator appeared and asked for an adjournment of the trial by reason-of relator’s sickness. In support of his request he called to tile stand Dr. John J. English, a physician of the city of Troy, who had been called to see the relator about eight o’clock that morning. Dr. English swore in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. L. C. B. Graveline v. HamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
3Cited by1 opinion
- In re ReddyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912