Marshall v. Commonwealth

The plaintiff in error and Minnie Marshall were arraigned and tried upon an indictment charging that they “did unlawfully knowingly resist, impede, and obstruct, and otherwise hinder and delay officers W. T. Rexrode, John S. Funk and John Dove in the execution of a search warrant for ardent spirits by destroying ardent spirits, closing door and holding officer W. T. Rexrode; said warrant having been issued by J. W. Keiter, a justice of the peace for Rockingham county, Virginia, who had the right to issue the same, against *545the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Virginia.” The plaintiff…