Judgment affirmed, with costs.
Even assuming that petitioner's money was legally seized by the police upon his arrest, the subsequent dismissal of the criminal charges raised a duty upon the authorities to return the money upon petitioner's demand. An arbitrary and capricious refusal to return the money upon due demand may properly be reviewed in an article 78 proceeding in the nature of mandamus (cf. McClendon v. Rossetti,
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