Webb v. State

Appellant, Joe T. Wehb, was indicted, charg’ed with permitting stock to run at large in section 23, township 10 north, range 31 west, in Crawford County, Arkansas. The act under which he was indicted is a special act of 1921, prohibiting the running at large of stock in certain territory and fixing the punishment for a violation of said act.

Act No. 467 of the Acts of 1923 amended act 593 of the Acts of 1921, enlarging the restricted territory so as to include the lands mentioned in the indictment. The original act, act 593 of the Acts of 1921, contains the following provision:

“ Section 4. If…