Morris v. State

This is an appeal by Porter Morris, Sr., from a conviction for slaughtering for sale on October 2, 1931, a yearling steer without having first procured from the Live Stock Sanitary Board of Arizona a license to do so.

There is no dispute as to the facts and the only question involved is whether the act requiring those who slaughter animals for sale to procure a license therefor is valid. Chapter 43, Session Laws of 1931, makes this requirement, and the particular portion of it that gives rise to this action is section 30 which, so far as pertinent, is in this language:

“Section 30. Section…