Wardwell

The information herein contains eighteen counts. The first fourteen counts charge embezzlements of money and the remaining counts charge falsifications of bank records. Counts 1 and 10 were dismissed and the defendant was convicted of the crimes charged in the others. This appeal is from the judgment and the order denying a new trial.

The Lassen Industrial Bank is located at Susanville. It maintains a branch bank at Bieber, which will be referred to as the Bieber Bank. During the times herein mentioned the Bieber Bank had funds on deposit in The Anglo & London Paris National Bank of San Francisco. The latter bank will be referred to as the Anglo Bank. The defendant entered the employ of the Bieber Bank as a clerk December 3, 1916. In the early part of 1922 he became assistant manager and about May 10, 1923, he was promoted to the position of manager and thereafter served in that capacity until May 10, 1924. During the first years of his employment he "made the remittances, sorted checks, kept the individual ledger.” He kept all the records for two or three years before he became manager and made the daily reports to the Lassen Bank. During the time he was manager he was alone in…