State v. Heasley

RAY R. FRIEDERICH, District Judge.

The defendants, Fay and Selma Heasley, husband and wife, were arrested on the 10th day of April, 1963, on a charge of buying or procuring a pretended title to certain lands in Stutsman County, North Dakota, in violation of Section 12-17-14, North Dakota Century Code. They were tried before a jury in the County Court of Increased Jurisdiction and found guilty as charged. This appeal is taken from the judgment on the verdict.

Prior to the arrest, defendants were engaged in extensive litigation in the U. S. District Court for the District of North Dakota…