Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Jambs F. Stapleton, Petitioner, for a Certiorari Order against Joseph A. Warren, as Police Commissioner of the Police Department of the City of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1929-05
Citations: 226 A.D. 786
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Jambs F. Stapleton, Petitioner, for a Certiorari Order against Joseph A. Warren, as Police Commissioner of the Police Department of the City of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 226
Pages: 786–786

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Jambs F. Stapleton, Petitioner, for a Certiorari Order against Joseph A. Warren, as Police Commissioner of the Police Department of the City of New York, Respondent.

Opinion:
Order of certiorari dismissed and determination confirmed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements to the respondent. The charges having been proved beyond a question of doubt this court has no power to review the discretion of the commissioner as to the extent of the punishment imposed. (People ex rel. Berlin v: Bingham, 124 App. Div. 553; People ex rel. McAleer v. French, 119 N. Y. 502; People ex rel. Burke v. Waldo, 163 App. Div. 28.) Present — Finch, Merrell, Martin, O'Malley and Proskauer, JJ.