(DOWNLOAD) "Matter Eugene W. Brooks Et Al. v. Robert J. Mcguire" by Supreme Court of New York * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Matter Eugene W. Brooks Et Al. v. Robert J. Mcguire
- Author : Supreme Court of New York
- Release Date : January 13, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 69 KB
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In this article 78 proceeding to review and annul a determination of respondents dated September 8, 1978, made after an administrative trial, which found each petitioner guilty of identical charges and specifications of misconduct, and dismissed them from their employment as police officers, the determination with respect to petitioner Brooks is confirmed, without costs and without disbursements. The determination with respect to petitioner Holder is modified, on the law, by deleting therefrom the finding of guilt as to the specification of conspiracy to steal money with co-petitioner Brooks, and theft, and the petition is granted to the extent of annulling the dismissal and remanding to respondents for further proceedings and reconsideration of the penalty in accordance with this decision. As so modified, the determination is confirmed, without costs and without disbursements. Petitioners were charged with conspiracy to steal and with the theft of approximately $270 from the owner of a Manhattan restaurant and falsely reporting to an investigating officer the amount and circumstances of obtaining this money. At the administrative trial, testimony established that the owner had placed approximately $270 on a chair in the rear of his restaurant where he had been preparing his payroll. He left the cash for several minutes to attend to business. Officers Brooks and Holder entered the restaurant during this brief interlude to place an order. Brooks alone walked to the back table. In a few moments he returned to the counter and canceled the order, whereupon the two officers left the restaurant. Immediately thereafter, the owner discovered the loss and reported it to the police emergency number. The officers checked with the local precinct to ascertain if a loss had been reported. They did not complete the required property voucher for lost property, but returned to the vicinity of the restaurant, where complainant confronted Brooks. Brooks admitted to finding $190 in the doorway of the restaurant, but denied a theft. He returned $190 and offered to make up the difference with a bank withdrawal. When both [72 A.D.2d 697 Page 698]
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