Tompkins v. The Mayor of the City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the plaintiff, Byron Y. Tompkins, for judgment upon a verdict directed by the court, after a trial at the New York Trial Term on the 6th day of October, 1896, subject to the opinion of the Appellate Division. This appeal was transferred from the first department to the second department.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
In 1887 the Legislature passed an act (Laws 1887, chap. 213) providing that upon an application, made to the Governor of the State, for executive clemency in a criminal ease, the Governor should have the power to institute an inquiry into the subject-matter appertaining to the application for clemency, and to that end power was given to compel the attendance of any person, and the production of books and papers before him, or the Governor could designate a suitable person to conduct the hearing and require the attendance before such person of a witness and the production of books…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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