Shaw v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

— The offense is wilfully opposing and resisting an officer in an attempt to arrest without warrant another for a misdemeanor as defined in Article 339 P. C.; the punishment being assessed at a fine of $25.00.

Among other things it is alleged in the complaint that the officer “did then and there in a legal manner arrest and attempt to arrest * * * Nettie Shaw * * * without a warrant as he was then and there authorized and required by law so to do.” While facts disclosing that Nettie Shaw had committed a “breach of the peace” on a public street in the town of Forney are…