Commonwealth v. Orwig

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

Appellants were convicted on indictments charging that each “did knowingly, wilfully and forcibly obstruct, resist and oppose ’ ’ a named member of the State Police force engaged in serving a search warrant duly issued by a justice of the peace at the in stance of a representative of the State Livestock Sanitary Board while searching for diseased domestic animals.

The indictments were authorized by section 8 of the Criminal Code of March 31, 1860, P. L. 382, 386, providing:

“If any person shall knowingly, wilfully and forcibly obstruct, resist or oppose any sheriff, coroner,…