People v. Sloan

Three indictments have been found against the defendant by the extraordinary grand jury sitting with this term. Indictment No. 3 was superseded by indictment No. 12 and is not here involved.

Indictment No. 12, here referred to as the first indictment, returned April 18, 1939, contained sixteen counts, each charging that the defendant, superintendent of welfare, violated section 1863 of the Penal Law by knowingly auditing and consenting to the auditing of a false and fraudulent claim. Upon the trial under this indictment the jury disagreed.

Thereafter and on June 5, 1940, indictment No. 126,…