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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Patrick O'Connor, Appellant, v. Leonard R. Welles, as Commissioner of Police, etc., of the City of Brooklyn, Respondent, 1896 — 149 N.Y. 619 · caselaw · US
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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Patrick O'Connor, Appellant, v. Leonard R. Welles, as Commissioner of Police, etc., of the City of Brooklyn, Respondent
149 N.Y. 619·New York Court of Appeals·1896·NY
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Opinion
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Patrick O’Connor, Appellant, v. Leonard R. Welles, as Commissioner of Police, etc., of the City of Brooklyn, Respondent.
People ex rel. O’Connor v. Welles, 89 Hun, 605, affirmed
(Argued June 8, 1896;
decided June 19, 1896.)
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, made July 27,1895, which affirmed, on certiorari, a determination of the police commissioner of the city of Brooklyn in dismissing the relator from the police force of the city.
Edward F. O’Dwyer for appellant.
Jacob Brenner for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
All concur.