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PEOPLE vs. Manuel Virola, Et Al. 095 Phil 759

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, complainant-appellee, vs. MANUEL VIROLA and JUANITO ALLA, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. L-6647 | 1954-09-02

D E C I S I O N


BENGZON, J.:

In the municipal court, City of Cabanatuan, a criminal complaint was filed charging Manuel Virola and others with the crime of serious slander by deed. At the preliminary investigation the defendants moved to quash the case because the complaint was signed by the offended party Eugenio Reyes, but the offense was a public crime to be prosecuted by the corresponding officials. The judge upheld the contention, and dismissed the case by an order dated November 23, 1952. On appeal to the Court of First Instance, the Hon. M. M. Mejia, reversed the appealed order, and "remanded the case to the court of origin for...