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United States vs. Bull 15 Phil 7

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. H. N. BULL, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 5270 | 1910-01-15

D E C I S I O N
 
ELLIOTT, J.:
 
The appellant was convicted in the Court of First Instance of a violation of section 1 of Act No. 55, as amended by section 1 of Act No. 275, and from the judgment entered thereon appealed to this court, where under proper assignments of error he contends: (1) that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to confer jurisdiction upon the court; (2) that under the evidence the trial court was without jurisdiction to hear and determine the case; (3) that Act No. 55 as amended is in violation of certain provisions of the Constitution of the United States, and void as applied to the facts of this...