People ex rel. Gaus v. Welles

This is a certiorari to review the proceedings of the police commissioner of the city of Brooklyn in removing the relator from the office of sergeant of police of that city. . The specific charge against the relator was that on the 19th day of January, 1895, he violated section 5 of rule 24, by being under the influence of liquor, and unfit for duty, in front of the car house of the Halsey street car line, at about 12:30 o’clock in the afternoon. The relator was tried before the defendant, and two witnesses testified against him. Their testimony is neither satisfactory nor- convincing. In…