People ex rel. Campbell v. Hannan
New York Supreme Court
On certiorari to review the action of Edward Hannan, James Fleming, and others, constituting the board of police commissioners of the city of Troy, in dismissing the relator, John H. Campbell, from the police force.
1Opinion of the CourtLandon, J.
On the 22d day of July, 1889, one of the board of police commissioners preferred a charge in writing against the relator of neglect of official duty, in that the relator did, on the night of the 7th of May, 1889, go to Hew York, with a warrant for the arrest of one Lace and another, Stebustro, for the crime of grand larceny preferred by Mary A. Garlo, and did return on the following night without having made any proper effort to apprehend said persons; and did state to the board that he would not have arrested them had he met them on the street in the city of Hew York; and also that the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Munday v. Board of Fire CommissionersNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- People Ex Rel. Garling v. . Van AllenNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
3Cited by2 opinions
- In re LanehartAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- People ex rel. Van Hise v. Board of Police CommissionersNew York Supreme Court · 1890