Hazlett v. Bullis

The plaintiff, a former Deputy Sheriff of the County of Orange, has brought an action against the Sheriff, to recover money the plaintiff alleges he was wrongfully and illegally compelled to pay to the defendant following the discovery of an alleged shortage in the accounts of the office of the Under Sheriff of the County of Orange.

He has moved for a preference in the trial of his action, on the ground that there is pending an indictment for trial in the Orange County Court against the plaintiff involving the same moneys involved in this civil action. It is the contention of the plaintiff…