Mitthauer v. Patterson

Chief Judge Desmond.

Petitioner, after having been employed by respondent Transit Authority and its predecessor for more than 20 years as a station agent or ticket seller, was found guilty after a trial before the Authority on three of five charges. The specifications on which petitioner was convicted accused her of collecting fares from passengers and then directing such passengers to enter onto the station platform by using an exit gate .without causing their fares to be registered by the “ passimeter totalizer ” or turnstile. Two of these specifications charged further that petitioner…