People v. Cintrón

The appellant was convicted of a violation of § 137 of the Penal Code in that he delayed and obstructed the marshal of a municipal court when he sought to serve a summons on a defendant. He contends that the lower court erred in considering the evidence sufficient to establish the offense. The prosecuting attorney of this court agrees that the error charged was committed.

The evidence shows that the marshal went to defendant’s establishment and inquired as to the whereabouts of a woman. The defendant, who knew the marshal as such, answered that the woman was not in his establish*233ment, and…