Haralampos Katerelos and Irene Katerelos - Page 9

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            the nonresettable grand total as of the time of a Z reading                                   
            (grand total) equaled the sum of all transaction totals entered                               
            into the cash register that commenced with the time at which the                              
            cash register was first used in 1986 and that ended with the time                             
            of that Z reading.11  From May 30, 1990, through December 31,                                 
            1990, the nonresettable grand total as of the time of a Z reading                             
            equaled the sum of all transaction totals entered into the cash                               
            register that commenced on May 30, 1990, and that ended with the                              
            time of that Z reading.  Each time a transaction was entered into                             
            the cash register, the grand total increased by that transaction                              
            total.  The grand total could have included transactions that did                             
            not constitute sales (nonsale transactions), such as transactions                             
            entered while programming the cash register.  A person could not                              
            have simply entered a number into the cash register as a grand                                
            total.  The only way to reset the grand total to zero was to                                  
            cause the capacitors to drain by unsoldering and taking the                                   
            battery out of circuit.                                                                       
                  In addition to maintaining the grand total, the cash regis-                             
            ter maintained a nonresettable, consecutive transaction number                                



            11  The grand total was reset to zero on May 30, 1990.  As dis-                               
            cussed below, the only way to reset the grand total to zero was                               
            to cause the capacitors to drain by unsoldering and taking the                                
            battery out of circuit.  The record does not provide any explana-                             
            tion as to why the battery was unsoldered and taken out of                                    
            circuit as of May 30, 1990, and neither party has suggested that                              
            the resetting of the grand total as of May 30, 1990, should                                   
            affect our findings or conclusions herein.                                                    



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