Eliyatamby V. Wijeylath Menika

1934 Present: Akbar J.

ELIYATAMBY v. WIJEYLATH MENIKA

30-P. C. Negombo, 6,388

    Brothel-Charge of keeping and managing a brothel-Single act of prostitution insufficient-Ordinance No. 5 of 1889, s. 1 (1).

A single act of prostitution is insufficient to render a place a brothel. There must be evidence that the premises were used as a place to which men resort for purposes of prostitution.

APPEAL from a conviction by the Police Magistrate of Negombo.

L. A. Rajapakse, for accused, appellant.

March 13, 1934. AKBAR J.-

The accused in this case has been convicted by the learned Police Magistrate of keeping and managing a brothel and has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months and also ordered to enter into a bond to be of good behaviour for a period of twelve months. This appears to be her first offence, if it is an offence.

It appears from the evidence that next door to the accused was the mistress of a Police Constable who also figures as one of the witnesses in the police plaint. This Police Constable's mistress appears to be on

angry terms with the accused (see the evidence of the girl Mary). On N

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