Supreme Court of Alabama June 15, 1847 (Crumpton v. Newman)

COLLIER, C. J.

The 20th section of the 5th chapter of the penal code, enacts, that “ if any person shall knowingly and wilfully resist or oppose any officer of this State, in serving or attempting to serve, or execute, any legal writ or process whatsoever, he shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than fifty, and not exceeding one thousand dollars.” [Clay’s Dig. 430, § 20.