Howard v. State

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in the Benton County Circuit Court, for refusing to cut down a cedar tree on his premises, in Decatur Township, in said county, located within one and one-half miles of an apple orchard, which cedar tree was infected with cedar rust, lawfully prohibited by the provisions of rule No. 51, adopted and promulgated by the Arkansas StatéTPlant Board, after being lawfully notified by George G. Becker, chief inspector for said board, ^that the cedar tree was infected with cedar rust. It is made a misdemeanor, by the law, to disobey the rules promulgated by…