Ex Parte Naylor

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in corporation court of the city of Corpus Christi on a charge that he kept chickens and conducted a slaughtering business within the city limits, contrary to an ordinance passed by the city for the promotion of public health and general welfare which prohibited the owning, maintaining, using, keeping or having in possession any * * * chickens, turkeys, guineas, geese, ducks, pigeons, with certain exceptions, *357without obtaining a permit for such purpose. The ordinance further fixed a limit on the number for which a permit may be issued.

The enforcement…