IV (1461-1483), at folio 9, there is a recorded holding that it was unlawful for the sheriff to break the doors of a man's house to arrest him in a civil suit in debt or trespass, for the arrest was then only for the private interest of a party. Remarks attributed to William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, on the occasion of debate in Parliament on the searches incident to the enforcement of an excise on cider, eloquently expressed the principle:
"`The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter  all his forceentitled to forcibly resist the officers' attempt to apprehend him. The court felt that the common-law rule that a person was entitled to resist an unlawful arrest with reasonable force was "outmoded in our modern society." 382 N.E.2d at 975.
In Williams v. State, Williams was convicted for interfering with a police officer who arrested him after the officer responded to a call from a tavern where an altercation was taking place. On the arrival of the police at the tavern, the bartender requested that Williams and another be arrested for assault and battery. After being told by the police that he was under arrest, Williams struggled with the officers and gained control of one of their revolvers. He was subdued after firing two shots at the officers. On