State v. Perry

The indictment charged that the defendant “did unlawfully and willfully resist and oppose one L. W. Harris, a deputy sheriff of Hardin county, Iowa, in serving and attempting to serve a certain search warrant.” On the trial the accused objected to, the introduction of evidence because of the insufficiency of the indictment, and based a motion in arrest of judgment on the same ground. The statute under which the indictment was returned provides that “'if any person knowingly and willfully resist or oppose any officer of this state, or any person authorized by law, in serving or attempting to…