McENTEE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for embezzling funds from a federally insured bank in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 656 (1970). The defendant, a teller in the East Providence branch of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank, was charged in a three count indictment with taking $7,198.46 by a method known as "lapping."
An understanding of this appeal requires a description of the bank's accounting system. Each teller compiled...
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