Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of William Cone, Petitioner, for a Certiorari Order against Lewis J. Valentine, Police Commissioner of the City of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1937-06-07
Citations: 251 A.D. 827
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of William Cone, Petitioner, for a Certiorari Order against Lewis J. Valentine, Police Commissioner of the City of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 251
Pages: 827–827

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of William Cone, Petitioner, for a Certiorari Order against Lewis J. Valentine, Police Commissioner of the City of New York, Respondent.

Opinion:
The petitioner, tried on departmental charges involving the possession of a stolen automobile on which the engine or motor number had been obliterated and destroyed and fictitious numbers stamped thereon, and of using license plates thereon not representing his ownership, and in making false statements to a superior officer concerning his possession of the car, was found guilty and dismissed from the police force of the police department of the city of New York. Determination unanimously confirmed and certiorari proceeding dismissed, without costs. No opinion. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Davis, Johnston and Adel, JJ.