State Ex Rel. Heffernan v. Board of Fire & Police Commissioners

Plaintiff, Heffernan, was captain of the police in Janesville. On July 20, 1942, a complaint alleging twenty-two separate items of misconduct by Heffernan was presented to the Board of Police & Fire Commissioners of Janesville for investigation and determination. A formal hearing was had in which voluminous testimony was offered and the board found Heffernan guilty of misconduct in respect to seventeen items or counts established by the evidence. The other five counts were not supported by the offer of any evidence. Since one of the questions in this case relates to the sufficiency of the…