People v. Cohen

The question presented concerns the scope of section 335 of the Sanitary Code of the City of New York. Defendant has been convicted of violating that section, which provides, inter alia, that a beauty parlor may not be operated without a permit.

It is undisputed that on February 14, 1938, defendant had on the front of a one-family house, in a residence zone in Brooklyn, a sign indicating electrolysis was available to patrons, and that she used therefor a room in that house, without having a permit to *486operate a beauty parlor. She had applied for a permit but her application was denied because…