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PEOPLE vs. Benedicto Bao 106 Phil 243

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. BENEDICTO BAO, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-12102 | 1959-09-29

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ DAVID, J.:

This is an appeal by the Government from an order of the Court of First Instance of Misamis Occidental, dismissing upon defendant- appellee's motion, the case against him for serious oral defamation.
The record reveals that on May 13, 1955, Benedicto Bao was charged with oral defamation in the Justice of the Peace Court of Aloran, Misamis Occidental, in a complaint filed by the offended party, Maximina Banguis. The said complaint was later amended to charge the crime of serious oral defamation. The defendant having waived his right to the preliminary investigation and the justice of the peace court...