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BENNETT v. UNITED STATES

No. 2726.

171 A.2d 252 (1961)

Catherine J. BENNETT, alias Katherine or Peggy Bennett, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided June 2, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Clifford Allder and Kenneth D. Wood, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., Carl W. Belcher and William H. Collins, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges and CAYTON (Chief Judge, retired) sitting by designation under Code § 11-776(b).

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellant was convicted of keeping a disorderly house.1 She asks this court to reverse her conviction upon two main grounds: (1) the court erred in finding probable cause for the issuance of an arrest warrant, and (2) the evidence failed to show that the premises involved were in fact being operated as a disorderly house. As recited upon stipulated facts, the police surveillance of appellant's rented apartment prior...

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