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People Vs. Potenciano Matondo, Et Al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. POTENCIANO MATONDO, ET AL., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. L-12873 | 1961-02-24

D E C I S I O N 


PAREDES, J.: 

On March 11, 1955, Potenciano Matondo and twenty nine (29) others were charged, upon complaint of the Philippine Women's Educational Association, before the Court of First Instance of Davao, with an alleged violation of Republic Act No. 947, in an information which reads: 

"That during the period commencing January, 1955, up to the present, in the municipality of Panabo, Province of Davao, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Court, the abovementioned accused, conspiring and confederating together and helping one another, with deliberate intent and without proper permit from any...