cooking. Defendant was instructed concerning the evening "closing-up" process, including the transfer of money from the cashier's cage or desk to the safe, and also about getting change for the cashier from the safe during the day; he had become familiar with the operation of the safe. The manager generally left at from 7:00-8:00 p. m. The assistant manager on duty stayed until 9:00 p. m. or later and admitted the night crew, of which one Jefferson Martin was the foreman. None of that crew had a key *184 to the inner office or the combination of the safe. As indicated, the assistant manager on duty transferred the money to the safe, saw that it and the office door were locked, met the night foreman and, generally, lockedthe outside door of the cafeteria. It was closed to the public after 8:00 p. m.
Richard Siminis was the first assistant manager at the time in question; he was still in the cafeteria on Friday evening, February 18, 1966, attending to some incidental duties when he saw the defendant in the place at about 9:15; he asked defendant what brought him there and received some rather casual answer. The money had then been put away by Siminis, the safe closed, and the office door locked. Defendant was not on duty at any time during that day or evening. Siminis had not counted the money which he had transferred; he was not permitted to testify to the amount shown on the cashier's tapes, but he did testify that the