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operated the Screening Room, a movie theater located in San
Francisco, California, similar to the Bijou.
Cash Receipts at the Bijou and the Screening Room
The Bijou and the Screening Room were predominantly cash
businesses. At both the Bijou and the Screening Room, there were
established procedures for dealing with the daily cash receipts.
At the Bijou, employees collected admission fees from
patrons, issued numbered tickets, and allowed patrons to pass
through a turnstile equipped with a counting device. The
employees would reconcile the tickets and turnstile numbers on an
hourly basis to ensure the correct amount of money had been
collected. After collecting $100 in admission fees, the Bijou
employees would put the $100 in an envelope (drop envelope), mark
the envelope sequentially, and drop it in a safe. Similar drops
were made for cash receipts from video and other sales.
The Bijou employees recorded their daily receipts from
ticket, video, and other sales on daily sheets (sometimes called
shift or drop sheets). Daily sheets contained the date, the
shift, the admission tickets and turnstile numbers (for admission
fees receipts), and each $100 drop into the safe.
Petitioner was the sole person with access to the Bijou's
drop safe. On a daily basis, petitioner removed the drop
envelopes and the daily sheets from the safe and placed them into
a duffle (shoulder) bag.
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