State v. Robinson

This proceeding comes to us upon a certification from the district court of Burleigh county; Hon. G. Grimson, Special Judge presiding. The certification was made under the provisions of §§ 7849b1 — 3, 1925 Supplement to Compiled Laws. The matter involves a criminal prosecution for an alleged violation of § 9829, ND Compiled Laws 1913, which reads as follows: “Officer’s fraud. Every public officer, being authorized to sell or lease any property or make any contract in his official capacity, who voluntarily becomes interested individually in such sale, lease or contract, directly or indirectly,…