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Leodegario Benga-Oras Vs. Jose Evangelista, Et Al.

LEODEGARIO BENGA-ORAS, petitioner, vs. JOSE EVANGELISTA, Judge of the Court of First Instance, First Branch, Capiz and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-8558 | 1955-09-28

D E C I S I O N


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari seeking to set aside the order of respondent judge entered on September 14, 1954 which denies the motion to dismiss filed by petitioner on the ground of lack of jurisdiction.

Norma Ballos, a girl fourteen years old, was allegedly abducted against her will by petitioner in the night of February 27, 1954 and so her father Silvestre filed a complaint for abduction against him before the Justice of the Peace Court of Pontevedra, Capiz. When the case was elevated to the court of first instance, the fiscal on May 18, 1954, filed an information for the same crime in...