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3 Misc. 617

People ex rel. Lyons v. Strauss

The Superior Court of New York City · decided 1893-07-01

Ceetioeaei to review tlie judgment of the board of park commissioners of the park department of the city of New York, dismissing the relator from the police force in said department.

Decided 1893-07-01

Per Ouriam.

¶1The identification of the relator as the person who had ridden at an unusual and rapid rate of speed through Seventy-second street, and knocked down and injured a citizen, was by evidence of a circumstantial character, but it was sufficient. There was abundant evidence that the reckless rider wore the uniform of a mounted park police officer, and according to the testimony of Officers Purcell and Hoey, and the stableman, Jacob Smith, which was believed by the board of commissioners, the relator must have been the man.

¶2The judgment should be affirmed and the writ dismissed, with fifty dollars costs and disbursements to the respondents.

¶3Judgment affirmed and writ of certiorari dismissed.

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