Stockton Laundry Case

The petitioner is in custody upon a charge of violating the provisions of an ordinance of the city of Stockton, which reads as follows:

“Section 1. Tlic establishment of public laundries and public wash-houses, where clothes and other articles are cleansed for hire, within those portions of said city, other than the portions hereinafter especially mentioned, being injurious and clangorous to public health and public safety, and prejudicial to the well-being and comfort of the community, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to establish, maintain, carry on, or conduct, or cause to bo…