A CONSTABLE'S DISMISSAL

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2854, 19 August 1916, Page 10

A CONSTABLE'S DISMISSAL

. COMMISSION OF INQUIRY. By Association. ,' Rroymouth, August IS. The Commission, consisting of Mr. Bishop, 5.M.,. Police-Inspector Norwood, and Mr. Crowthcr, retired Customs officer, has completed the evidence here into the charges which led to the dismissal of Constable Voter Moloney from the Police Force. Moloney was dismissed for alleged gioss misconduct, in that lie received iM by falsely representing ths same as owing to Patrick Dinan, by whom vouchers were signed for scavenging fees. Dinan said he did not at sjny time do tilt work, and did not cioii know whore tho police closets were. Maloney denied this absolutely, stating that tho work was done by Dinan, and produced a letter from ])in.in. in which Dinan said that he tvas told ho was not attending to the latrines regularly, and declaring that he attended to them twice weekly in warm and once a week in cold weather. This letter Dinan said he copied from a letter written by Maloney. The letter in question was not produced at the official inquiry hold prior to slaloney's dismissal. _ The evidence before the Commission was mainly on the question of credibility. The Commission's report is returnable to the Government before August 31.