CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Writings
......Best Evidence Rule [Repealed]
.........Copy Made as Business Record
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Photostatic copies made as business records admissible as originals.

No abuse of discretion in admitting duplicates of log sheets under former best evidence rule.

Microfiche showing abortive automatic teller transactions at V's bank properly admitted as business record satisfying hearsay and best evidence rules.

When copies themselves regularly kept in business, exception to best evidence rule applies; exception not available for copies of documents made for litigation.