People ex rel. Doherty v. Partridge
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issuéd out of the Supreme Court" and attested on -the 27th day of December, 1902, directed to John H. Partridge, police commissioner of the city of New York, requiring him to certify and' return to‘the'office of the clerk of" the county of Kings, all arid singular Ms- proceedings had in relation-to the removalof the relator - from the office of patrolman in the police department- of said city.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, J.:
The relator was tried and convicted before Frederick H. E. Ebstein, second deputy police commissioner of the - city of New York, on the charge of conduct unbecoming an officer. The specification was to the effect that he committed a brutal assault upon the complainant while the latter was on duty as a Federal secret service" agent, arrested him and made a false charge against him. The evidence was conflicting, but if the story of the complainant be believed, the relator not only needlessly and unjustifiably beat him with his club, but refused to examine credentials which were…
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