Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Advocates F.E. Lewis E. Lewis for Thomas D. Watkins for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. WILLIAM E. LEWIS, Respondent, v. RICHARD W. SHERMAN, Indi Order affirmed on the ground that the relator was not in office, but without costs, as that was not true when the proceeding was instituted; no opinion. Concur: PARKER, Ch. J., GRAY, O'BRIEN, HAIGHT, VANN, CULLEN and WERNER, JJ.