Matter of Petition of Burke

Petitioner was arrested and convicted in the justice’s court of a violation of the provisions of section 172a of the Penal Code, which section, in so far as it is pertinent to this consideration, reads as follows: “Every person who, upon or within one and one-half miles of the university grounds or campus, upon which are located the principal administrative offices of any university having an enrollment of more than one thousand students, more than five hundred of whom reside or lodge upon such university grounds or campus, sells, gives away, or exposes for sale, any vinous or alcoholic…