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Primicias vs. Ocampo 93 Phil 446

CIPRIANO P. PRIMICIAS, petitioner, vs. FELICISIMO OCAMPO, as Judge-at-large presiding over Branch C of the Court of First Instance of Manila and EUGENIO ANGELES, as City Fiscal of Manila, representing the PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-6120 | 1953-06-30

D E C I S I O N

BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.:

This is a petition which seeks to prohibit respondent Judge from proceeding with the trial of two criminal cases which were then pending against petitioner without the assistance of assessors in accordance with the provisions of section 49 of Republic Act No. 409 in relation to section 154 of Act No. 190, and as an auxiliary remedy, to have a writ of preliminary injunction issued so that the trial may be held pending until further orders of this court.

This petition was originally filed with the Court of Appeals, but was later certified to this court on the ground that the main basis of the petition is...