People ex rel. Bradley v. French

The charge against the relator was neglect of duty, the specification being that he in company with another officer was absent from post during patrol duty and was seated on a chair with his head resting on a table and asleep in the summer garden of Henry M. Botjers, southwest corner of Fifty-first street and Broadway at 4 :45 A. M., on the 31th of August, 188'5.

The testimony of the roundsman who found the relator in the condition stated in the specification is positive, giving as it does all the details of the occurrence. The relator sought to justify his action by a statement that he had…