State v. Balles

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jacobs, J.

The Appellate Division, with one judge dissenting, affirmed the defendant’s conviction of acts tending to impair the morals of a nine-year-old girl in violation of N. J. S. 2A:96-3. The defendant appealed to this Court as of right under R. R. 1:2-1(b).

The defendant was engaged in business as a private tutor in remedial reading with an office in a small building in the rear of his home in. Mount Holly. After seeing a newspaper advertisement that the defendant tested children in reading without charge, Mrs. Charlotte Berg made an appointment…