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p. 647The People of the State of New York ex rel. Harry L. Rohrbach, Respondent, for an Order of Mandamus against Henry D. Cochrane, Mayor of the Village of Hastings on Hudson, and Others, Appellants.[1]
Peremptory mandamus order affirmed, with costs. No opinion. Lazansky, P, J., Young, Tompkins and Davis, JJ., concur; Kapper, J., dissents, being of opinion that whether there should be a “ chief ” of police as well as other members of a police force was, under the statute, left to the sound discretion of the village officials. There might be but one policeman necessary to police the village.