People ex rel. McCollum v. Scannell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 19th day of January, 1900, directed to John J. Scannell, as tire commissioner of the fire-department of the city of New York, commanding him to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of New York all and singular the proceedings had before him relating to the dismissal of the relator from the first grade in the uniformed force of the fire department ofp the city of Mew York..
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:. The relator, on and prior to October 19, 1899, was a member of the fire department of the -city of Mew York, and on that dáy he was dismissed from the service, upon the ground -that he had been found. guilty, after a trial had, of charges preferred against him. The charges upon which lie was tried and found guilty were that he was intoxicated to such an extent that lie was unable to perform his duties, and that he disobeyed orders at a fire which occurred in the city on the 5th of October,. 1899. The evidence introduced, before the commissioner was amply sufficient to sustain…
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