Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Henry Pielsticker, Also Known as Harry Pielsticker, Petitioner, against Jenkin R. Hockert, Clerk of the County of Queens, State of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1935-07
Citations: 245 A.D. 834
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Henry Pielsticker, Also Known as Harry Pielsticker, Petitioner, against Jenkin R. Hockert, Clerk of the County of Queens, State of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 245
Pages: 834–834

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Henry Pielsticker, Also Known as Harry Pielsticker, Petitioner, against Jenkin R. Hockert, Clerk of the County of Queens, State of New York, Respondent.

Opinion:
In a certiorari proceeding to review the determination of the county clerk of Queens county in dismissing the petitioner from his position as a laborer in the county clerk's office, determination of the county clerk annulled, certiorari order sustained and the county clerk directed to reinstate relator in his former position as a laborer, with fifty dollars costs and disbursements to the petitioner. In our opinion, the respondent failed to sustain the burden upon him of proving the charges against the petitioner by a preponderance of evidence. Lazansky, P. J., Young, Carswell, Tompkins and Johnston, JJ., concur.