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the amounts transferred to the cash register tapes in the dining
room. He was shown what had been received in evidence as Exhibit
15-P, a reconciliation of a bar register tape with the dining
room register tape. That exhibit reads as follows:
Gross $1,035.81
Key V 156.06
O.R. 12.00
Comp 0.00
Net 867.75
Mr. Chiate was able to identify the gross as gross income
from bar sales, the O.R. as overrings, the comp as complimentary
drinks and the net as the result of subtracting the Key V, O.R.,
and comp amounts from gross sales to arrive at net bar sales. He
professed ignorance of the Key V code, however, stating: “I can’t
identify that code, Your honor. I don’t personally know what
that code stands for.” Upon further cross examination by
respondent, Mr. Chiate testified as follows:
Q. Okay. Mr. Chiate, you just testified you
don’t know what a key V transaction is?
A. I don’t know what that code is on the cash
register, that’s correct.
Q. Okay. Do you know what O/R stands for on this
document?
A. I believe O/R--on that document, I’m not
certain, but I know that O/R was an abbreviation for
over-ring that was frequently used in other documents.
It may or may not be for this purpose.
Q. And comp?
A. Comp is when the bartender decided to
complimentary provide a drink to a good customer, or
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