Walker v. Boyle

This is a proceeding in mandamus to compel the respondent, Thomas F. Boyle, as auditor of the city and county of San Francisco, to draw his warrant upon the treasury of said city and county, pursuant to an order of court made for the payment of expenses necessarily and reasonably incurred by petitioner as a witness on behalf of the prosecution in a criminal action heard and determined in the superior court of said city and county.

It appears that the defendant in said criminal action, while in the employ of a bank in San Francisco, embezzled certain American Express Company’s Travelers’ checks…