Mitchell v. Commonwealth

Lillian Mitchell was convicted of violating the provisions of Code, sec. 18-87, to-wit: keeping a house for the purpose of *207prostitution, and sentenced on the verdict to ninety days confinement in jail.

The material evidence for the Commonwealth consists of the testimony of four police officers of the city of Norfolk, the substance of which is:

Eugene Lille was employed as a police officer on March 16, 1950. One of his first assignments was to investigate defendant’s premises known as No. 114 Fenchurch street, Norfolk. On March 22, 1950, in an effort to gain admittance to these premises, Lille…