Bailey v. United States

Appellant was convicted in the Police Court of the District of Columbia of the offense of soliciting prostitution. Her demand for a jury trial was denied, and upon her conviction she was sentenced to serve a term of sixty days in the Washington jail. The question is: Was appellant, for the alleged offense of soliciting prostitution, entitled, on her demand, to trial by a jury?

The applicable statute 2 provides that prosecutions in the Police Court shall be on information and that the accused shall be entitled to a jury trial wherever a jury trial is guaranteed by the Constitution of the United…