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Natalio P. Amarga Vs. Macapanton Abbas 098 Phil 739

NATALIO P. AMARGA, provincial fiscal of Sulu, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE MACAPANTON ABBAS, as Judge, of the Court of First Instance of Sulu, respondent.

G.R. No. L-8666 | 1956-03-28

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, C. J.:

The petitioner, the Provincial Fiscal of Sulu, filed in the Court of First Instance of Sulu an information for murder (criminal case No. 1131, People of the Philippines vs. Madpirol, Awadi, Rajah, Sali, Insa and Maharajah Bapayani). At the foot of the information the petitioner certified under oath that "he has conducted the necessary preliminary investigation pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act No. 732." As the only supporting affidavit was that of Iman Hadji Rohmund Jubair, to the effect that the latter "was told that the deceased was shot and killed by three persons named: Hajirul Appang, Rajah...