Commonwealth v. Carr

Judge Rees

Affirming.

The grand jury of Whitley County returned an indictment against George Carr accusing him of the offense of unlawfully obstructing justice, a common law misdemeanor. A demurrer to the indictment was sustained and the indictment was dismissed. The Commonwealth has appealed.

The indictment charged that the accused “did unlawfully, wilfully, commit the offense of obstructing justice by preventing Conservation Officers of the State of Kentucky to-wit: Herbert Saylor and B. H. Hopper in the discharge of their official duties by ordering them from his property and preventing their…