People v. Beifuss

In each of these cases the defendant has been convicted of violating section 41.27, subdivision (b), of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, and appeals from the judgment. This code, adopted as an ordinance, appears to be a compilation of previously existing penal ordinances of the city of Los Angeles. Section 41.27 deals with the subject of intoxication, and subdivision (b) thereof reads as follows: “No person shall be on any private premises or in any private house in a state .of drunkenness or intoxication to the annoyance of any other person. ’ ’

This ordinance is attacked as unreasonable,…