The central legal issue on this appeal involves the interpretation of the words "wilfully misapplies" in section 673 of the Banking Law, which makes it a felony for a bank officer or employee to willfully misapply any of the bank's "money, funds or property * * * or * * * its * * * credit." In People v Marcus (261 N.Y. 268, 278), the Court of Appeals declared it to be a violation of the predecessor section "for a director knowingly to use the assets of his corporation...
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