People v. . Spiegel
New York Court of Appeals
'Appeal from judgment of the general term of the supreme court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order Which affirmed a judgment of the court of oyer and terminer of the city and county of New York, entered upon a verdict, convicting the defendant of the crime of presenting false proofs of loss in support of a claim upon a policy of insurance, in violation of section 579 of the Penal Code.
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
The defendant has been convicted of presenting to an insurance company a false and fraudulent claim for an alleged loss by fire. The indictment sufficiently charges the offense and is not open to the criticism which assailed it on the argument. The pleading alleges that the total loss was not the. sum asserted in the profs presented, and that the particular claim against the company was not justly due, and that both claims were false and fraudulent to the knowledge of the defendant and were feloniously presented and in violation of the stat ute. The total amount of the- loss dictated the…
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