Harless v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted for resisting arrest, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25.

Motion was made to quash the information on several grounds. It was framed under article 236 of the Penal Code, which reads as follows : “If any person shall wilfully oppose or resist an officer in executing or attempting to execute any lawful warrant for the arrest of another person in a case of misdemeanor, or in arresting or attempting to arrest any person without a warrant, where the law authorizes or requires the arrest to be made without a warrant, he shall he punished by…