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PEOPLE vs. Oscar Castelo, Et Al.114 Phil. 892

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. OSCAR CASTELO, ET AL., Accused, HERNANDO J. ABAYA, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. L-11816 | 1962-04-23

D E C I S I O N 


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.

In the issue of March 19, 1955 of the Manila Daily Bulletin an English daily published in the City of Manila while the Monroy murder case was pending decision, the following news story was published: 

"FOIL EXTORTION TRY ON CASTELO 

"Philippine constabulary agents thwarted yesterday an alleged attempt by two society matrons, one of them a parolee, to extort P100,000.00 from former Defense and Justice Secretary Oscar Castelo.
 
"The two matrons allegedly asked for P100,000 to ensure Castelo's acquittal in the Monroy murder case now awaiting decision by Judge Emilio Rilloraza of the...