Butler v. State

The defendant was convicted of the offense of misdemeanor, in that he did “unlawfully, knowingly and wilfully obstruct, resist and oppose an officer in serving or attempting to serve a lawful process.” To the overruling of his motion for new trial, based solely on the general grounds, the defendant excepted.

N. A. Coleman, a witness for the State, testified: “I am a legal constable in and for the 637th District, G. M., Thomas Count}', Georgia, and on the 20th day of August, 1941, I went to the home of Rebecca Butler, together with Mr. F. B. Yinson and another gentleman from Yaldosta, Georgia.…