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153 N.C. 587

68 S.E 897

State v. Weddell

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided September 21, 1910

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1910-09-21

, from CraveN. The defendant was indicted under sec. 3572 of the Bevisal of 1905, which reads as follows: “If any person appointed or elected a commissioner or director to discharge any trust wherein the State or any county, city or town may be in any manner interested shall become an undertaker, or make any contract for his own benefit, under such authority, or be in any manner concerned or interested in making such contract, or in the profits thereof, either privately or…

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Decided 1910-09-21

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Brown, J.

¶1Upon the special verdict we concur witb the court below tbat the defendant is not guilty, an$ witb the candid admission of the Attorney-General at the close of bis brief that “the conduct of the defendant does not come within the terms of the statute, and there is no suggestion tbat it comes within its spirit.”

¶2Affirmed.

Clark, C. J.,

¶3concurring. The defendant was an alderman of the city, and at the same time was holding an important post as employee in the service of a party making a contract with the city. While this does not fall within the terms of the statute, it is not altogether seemly, nor to be commended, that one who, holds employment in the service of a contractor with the city should, as an alderman, sit on the board, when passing upon a contract between bis employer and the city.

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