Dorchincoz v. Commonwealth

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 on two separate and distinct grounds: (1) failure of the officer who made the arrest to leave a copy of the warrant with defendant, as required by section 19-72.1 of the 1950 Code, and (2) because the…