People v. Cooper

This appeal is taken from a judgment of conviction of violating section 372, Penal Code, a misdemeanor. The complaint charges that the defendant willfully and unlawfully maintained a public nuisance which was injurious to the health and offensive to the senses, and "which interfered with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property by the neighborhood, in that there was all night barking of dogs at the defendant’s animal hospital, and that refuse and rubbish were burned during the day.

The evidence discloses that the defendant is a licensed veterinarian who is operating a “Dog and Cat…