McQuoid v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Indictment for resisting an officer, &c., against the plaintiff in error, in the Edgar Circuit Court, heard at the October term 1846, before the Hon. Samuel H. Treat and a jury. A verdict of guilty was rendered, and the defendant was fined £20. The allegations in the indictment, and the several proceedings in the cause are substantially set forth in the Opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
The Opinion of the Court was delivered by
Purple, J.*
At the October term, A. D. 1846, of the Edgar county Circuit Court, the plaintiff was indicted under the 92nd section of the Criminal Code, for resisting an officer in the service of process. The indictment charges that the plaintiff, on the 14th day of January, 1846, at the county of Edgar, unlawfully, knowingly, and wilfully, did oppose one John A. Metcalf, (the said Metcalf then and there being a constable in and for said county, duly qualified,) in his, (the said Metcalf’s) then and there attempting to serve a summons in favor of George…
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