Vince v. State

Taking the evidence in this case most strongly against the accused, the State showed nothing more than that she refused to comply with the demand of a constable to unlock the door of her house in order to enable him to enter the same for the purpose of levying a distress warrant upon goods in the house. It-does not appear that she did anything which even tended to obstruct the movements of the officer, or in any manner resisted or opposed any effort on his part to enter the house. If, when he arrived, the door had been open and the accused had shut and locked *1071it to prevent an entrance by the…