194 A.D. 935 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1920
Dissenting Opinion
John J. Riley, commissioner of public safety of the city of Amsterdam, this State, on the 13th day of February, 1920, after a hearing had before him, upon charges made, signed and filed by the mayor of said city against the relator as chief of police of said city, found as follows: “ I do find that he has been negligent and derelict in the performance of his official duties, and has been guilty of moral delinquency seriously affecting his general character or fitness for the office or position of Chief of Police of the City of Amsterdam and as a member of the police department of said city.” Then in the same paper writing containing the foregoing continues: “ I do dismiss the said Fred W. Packwood and remove him from the office of Chief of Police of the City of Amsterdam and as a member of the police department of said City.” Section 75 of the charter of the city of Amsterdam
Laws of 1911, chap. 242, § 75.— [Rep.
See Amsterdam City Charter (Laws of 1911, chap. 242), §§ 69, 75.—-[Rep.
See Penal Law, § 100 et seg.— [Rep.
Lead Opinion
All concur, except Kiley, J., dissenting, with an opinion, in which Woodward, J., concurs.