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Jurors Hear How Books Were Kept in Lynam Embezzlement Trial
In federal court Judge Peters heard officers recount Navy bookkeeping methods tied to Ensign Joseph J. Lynam’s alleged $20,000 government embezzlement. Witnesses said cash of $7,097 and $7,963 in a checking account appeared missing after Lynam left the Chester, with other sums noted as due but possibly offset on transfer.
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Navy
Joseph J. Lynam
Chester
Peters
Lynam
Board of
W. Gorton
Leo Rogers
Mason E. Mitchell
U. S.S. Pueblo