Trial of Hon. Frederick A. Tallmadge, General Superintendent of Metropolitan Police, before James W. Nye, Esq., President, and Hon. James S. T. Stranahan, Thomas B. Stillman, Esq., and James Bowen, Esq., Commissioners of Police, Hon. Daniel F. Tiemann, Mayor of the City of New York, and Hon. Samuel S. Powell, Mayor of the City of Brooklyn, Ex-Officio Commissioners of Police. With the Argument of His Counsel. Reported by Elbridge T. Gerry, Student at Law.

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Tallmadge, superintendent of New York City Police was charged with neglecting his duty. He was charged with failing to respond to the Quarantine Station, located on Staten Island, when it and several buildings had been set ablaze by a mob. Tallmadge was restored to duty after being cleared of one charge against him and censured for another.