State v. Jones

Dent, Judge:

Mrs. Mamie Jones, wife of Festus, complains because the intermediate court of Marion County found her guilty of keeping a house of ill fame, and adjudged her to' pay a fine of $100.00 and to rest in prison in'the county jail for thirty days. The circuit court would afford her no relief, and so she presents her objections to this Court. The first is that the indictment is insufficient. It is as follows:

“State of West Virginia, Marion County, to wit: In the circuit court of the said county, November term, 1900. The grand jurors of the State of West Virginia, in and for the body of…