State v. Harris

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Hughes, C. J.

The defendant was indicted and tried for violation of N. J. S. A. 2A:111-2, in that she fraudulently obtained the sum of $1,032 from the welfare authorities by concealing the fact of certain employment earnings. The amount received was stoutly contested at trial. The court properly charged the jury that precision in determining the amount involved was unnecessary to a finding of guilt, as follows:

It is not essential that you find the specific amounts actually received as long as you find that some amount was received by the defendant from…