DORCHINCOZ v. COMMONWEALTH


59 S.E.2d 863 (1950)

191 Va. 33

DORCHINCOZ v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 19, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Martin & Son, Norfolk, for plaintiff in error.

Attorney General J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Assistant Attorney General Frederick T. Gray, for Commonwealth.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and GREGORY, EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN and MILLER, JJ.


HUDGINS, Chief Justice.

Mary Dorchincoz obtained this writ of error from a judgment which imposed upon her a fine of $100 and sentenced her to thirty days in jail for using the Atlantic Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia, for lewdness, assignation and prostitution.

The first question presented is whether the trial court committed error in refusing to sustain defendant's motion to dismiss the warrant. This motion was based...

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