. . "Unlawfully impounding animals--Any person who shall take any animal mentioned in the next preceding section [FN1] not running at large contrary to law from the stable, pasture, or any enclosure or other place where such animals are lawfully and rightfully kept, or may be, and any person who shall drive, or let them out, or untie, or unloose the same, or shall knowingly seize or take the same from" . . .