Desk Appearance Ticket (DAT) (1974)

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DESK APPEARANCE--831 Google hits, 462 Google Groups hits, 48 Google News hits

"Desk appearance ticket" is not in OED ("miserable on legal terms"). They
issue tickets for your desk's appearance? You have to pay big bucks for each
coffee stain?

It's all over Google News.


(GOOGLE NEWS)
Just call us 'Protest City'
Newsday, NY - 3 hours ago
... The officers there were very polite, she said. Finally Crotty was
released with a desk appearance ticket for disorderly conduct. ...
Those detained speak of 'Kafka-esque' troubles Newsday

Guantanamo on the Hudson
Village Voice, NY - 6 hours ago
... as young as 15. His crime: disorderly conduct, a charge that normally
warrants a desk appearance ticket. On Thursday afternoon, a ...

Arrests break record
New York Newsday, NY - 18 hours ago
... The office estimates half of the 1,191 were minor enough for those
arrested to be processed and released with desk appearance tickets that tell them to
return ...

Lawyers Flood the Courts, but Demonstrators Trickle In
New York Times, NY - Sep 1, 2004
... Mr. Bookstaver estimated that about half of those arrested were being
given desk appearance tickets, which allow them to appear before a judge at a
later date. ...


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
    1.  Ex-Principal and 3 Arrested at P.S. 34 As Security Is Stepped Up in
District 1; Preventing a Sit-In Charges Listed Reasons for Ouster Differing
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By IVER PETERSON. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Oct 23,
1974. p. 60 (1 page) :
The men were given desk appearance tickets, similar to subpoenas, directing
them to answer the charges in court on Nov. 12.

    2.  POLICEMAN IS HELD IN BURGLARY CASE; Officer, 4 Others Arrested on
Tool-Possession Charge
By EDWARD HUDSON. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 11,
1976. p. 38 (1 page):
He was given a desk-appearance ticket, similar to a summons, which requires
his appearance in Manhattan Criminal Court on April 29.

    3.  Arrests Drop in New York City, Easing Court Delays
By SELWYN RAAB. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Oct 6,
1976. p. 41 (1 page):
Mario Merola, the Bronx District Attorney, said that because of recent court
congestion the police reportedly were giving out "desk-appearance tickets," or
subpoenas, instead of making arrests for misdeameanor offenses. These
subpoenas waive the arraignment and bail hearing, but require a defendant to appear
in court on a specified date.

    4.  Letters
New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Jan 12, 1977. p. 16 (1
page)  :
In a procedural sense. the police in the last decade have constantly refined
their procedures to adapt to the shortcomings on the post-arrest side, to the
point where we are issuing desk appearance tickets for crimes that offend the
sensibilities of the average citizen.


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