Case Name: UNITED STATES v. SMITH
Court: United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1870
Citations: 27 F. Cas. 1161
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. SMITH.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 27
Pages: 1161–1161

Head Matter:
Case No. 16,333.
UNITED STATES v. SMITH.
[1 Dill. 212.]
Circuit Court, E. D. Arkansas.
1870.
Conspiraos—Resisting an Officer—What Essential.
[Attorney and client conspiring to resist an officer, are equally guilty, it is not necessary to show actual violence. Threats and acts intended to terrify, or of a character to terrify, a prudent officer, are sufficient, even though he be not prevented thereby from executing his process.]
At law.

Opinion:
CALDWELL, District Judge.
If a client and his attorney enter into a conspiracy to resist,an officer in performing his duty, both are equally guilty; and in an indictment for this offence, it is not necessary to show actual violence; threats and acts intended to terrify, or calculated by their nature to terrify a prudent and reasonable officer, are sufficient, even though he be not prevented thereby from executing his process.