People ex rel. Morgan v. Roosevelt
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of New York and attested on the 16th day of May, 1895, directed to Theodore Roosevelt and others, commissioners, composing the board of police of the police department of the city of New York, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county, of New York all and singular their proceedings' in regard to the dismissal of the relator…
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Certiorari issued out of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of New York and attested on the 16th day of May, 1895, directed to Theodore Roosevelt and others, commissioners, composing the board of police of the police department of the city of New York, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county, of New York all and singular their proceedings' in regard to the dismissal of the relator from the police force of the city of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
The relator was brought to trial before the police commissioners on a charge of conduct unbecoming an officer, and after a hearing, in which evidence was given upon both sides, he was found guilty *329■of the charges against him and sentenced to be dismissed from the police force. He sues out a writ of certiorari to review this action of the commissioners.
We have read the testimony which, although conflicting, lies in small compass, and have reached a conclusion that there was evidence sufficient to warrant the finding of the police commissioners. That being the case, we do not…
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- People ex rel. Simermyer v. RooseveltAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- People ex rel. Strauss v. RooseveltAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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