People ex rel. Conti v. Kempner
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal . by the relator, Thomas 0. Conti, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 6th Aay of September, 1910, denying the relator’s, application for an absolute writ of prohibition, and vacating and setting aside an alternative writ of-prohibition theretofore granted herein.
1Opinion of the Court
The following is the opinion delivered at Special Term:'
Putnam, J.:
This is an application for a writ of prohibition to the board of city magistrates of the second division of the city of New York, who, on August 24, 1910, were about to try charges against the relator, an Italian court interpreter, for being irregular in attendance upon said Magistrates’ Courts.
In 1891 Mr. Conti was appointed interpreter for the Brooklyn Police Courts by- the Brooklyn common council,, by virtue of chapter 623, Laws of 1815,* which authorized the common council to appoint such interpreters, prescribe the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People ex rel. McCarthy v. FrenchNew York Supreme Court · 1881
- Stack v. . City of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
3Cited by1 opinion
- Krull v. Bennett Homes & Lumber Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939