People ex rel. Meyer v. Roosevelt
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 3d day of August, 1896, directed to Theodore Roosevelt and others,, police commissioners, composing the board of' police commissioners of the police department of the city of New York, commanding them to certify and return to the office of ihe clerk of the county of New York all and singular their proceedings in relation to the dismissal of the relator from the police force of the city of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
On the 28th of May, 1896, the. relator was tried upon certain charges, of which, on the 22d day of July, 1896, he was found guilty and was sentenced to be dismissed from the police force. It is unnecessary to consider particularly the nature of the charges or the evidence against the relator to support them. They were sufficiently proved and the action of, the hoard in dismissing' him was amply justified. The only question presented is as to the regularity of the proceedings which resulted in his dismissal.
*515' The first and most serious charge against the relator was an offense, the…
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- People Ex Rel. Flanagan v. Board of Police CommissionersNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
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