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PEOPLE vs. Mariano Ayoso, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARIANO AYOSO, TEODORICO VALENZUELA, ALFONSO DESOYO and FELIPE DE LA CRUZ, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. L-18762 | 1967-04-27

D E C I S I O N 


MAKALINTAL, J.: 

Appeal from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Cebu setting aside the order of dismissal of the criminal complaint for illegal cockfighting originally filed before the Municipal Court of Bogo. 

The facts of the case are substantially as follows: 

On July 21, 1960, accused-appellants MARIANO AYOSO, ET AL., were charged with the crime of ILLEGAL COCKFIGHTING before the Municipal Court of Bogo (docketed as Criminal Case No. 915), the details of which are set out in a complaint which reads as follows: 

"The undersigned, Chief of Police of Bogo, Cebu, Philippines after having been...