State v. Crummitt

The defendant, Lillian Crummitt, was convicted before a justice of the peace of Harrison County, West Virginia, for the crime of keeping, maintaining and operating a place of prostitution. She appealed to the Criminal Court of Harrison County and upon a verdict of guilty she was sentenced to confinement in jail for one year and to pay a fine of $250.00. The Circuit Court of Harrison County refused to review the judgment of the Criminal Court, and the defendant was granted a writ of error and supersedeas by this Court.

The warrant, dated September 18, 1944, upon which the defendant was arrested…