State v. Sedam

This is an appeal from a judgment based upon the verdict of a jury finding the defendant guilty upon three counts of grand larceny.

During the month of June or July, 1949, the defendant, Robert J. Sedam, an accountant, was employed by Charles L. Long to set up and keep the books for his tavern business in Tacoma. He continued as bookkeeper until Long sold the tavern.

In March, 1953, the defendant started cashing checks, drawn on his account at the Central Bank of Tacoma, at Long’s tavern. The first check was for two hundred fifty dollars, and they increased almost daily for a period of two…