People v. Pinkerton

Eespondent was convicted under an information charging her with keeping a house of ill fame, resorted to for the purpose of prostitution and lewdness. She was at once sentenced to imprisonment in the Detroit House of Correction for two years. The case is brought here, by writ of error, on exceptions, and several errors are presented for our review. As the case can be dealt with by classing the questions together, we shall refer only to such as seem most material.

In view of some features of the argument, it seems proper to remark that the respondent was not on trial for anything but a specific…