In re Tighe

Hirschbbrg, P. J.:

This application is made for the removal of City Magistrate Tighe, pursuant to the provisions of section 1401a of the revised charter of the city of Mew York (Laws.of 1901, chap. 466). That section provides that a city magistrate mayjie removed for cause: after due notice and an opportunity of being heard. The charges which have been preferred in this case relate chiefly to the decisions of the magistrate in the fall of 1902 in criminal proceedings pending before him wherein he discharged certain persons who were accused of a violation of sections 344a and • 344b of the…