Mowers v. State

The facts in this case are not disputed. On March 26, 1936, State troopers, with a warrant of arrest, went to the home of Jesse Beckwith, in the village of Altmar, to arrest him. Beckwith barricaded himself in his home to avoid them and fired two shots from the house at the troopers, one of which pierced *652a trooper’s hat. Tear gas was used and. Beckwith fled his home and took refuge in claimants’ house. The troopers then fired charges of tear gas through the windows - of claimants’ house and after a lapse of time entered and searched the house for Beckwith. As one of the troopers opened the…