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Adelaida Tanega vs. Hon. Honorato B. Masakayan, Et Al.

ADELAIDA TANEGA, petitioner, vs. HON. HONORATO B. MASAKAYAN, in his capacity as Judge of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch V, and the Chief of Police of Quezon City, respondents.

G.R. No. L-27191 | 1967-02-28

R E S O L U T I O N 


SANCHEZ, J.: 

Pressed upon us in this, an original petition for certiorari and prohibition, is the problem of when prescription of penalty should start to run. The controlling facts are: 

Convicted of slander by the City Court of Quezon City, petitioner appealed. Found guilty once again by the Court of First Instance 1 she was sentenced to 20 days of arresto menor, to indemnify the offended party, Pilar B. Julio, in the sum of P100.00, with the corresponding subsidiary imprisonment, and to pay the costs. The Court of Appeals affirmed. 2 We declined to review on certiorari. 3 

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