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PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. vs. CECILIA QUE YABUT, ET AL.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. CECILIA QUE YABUT and HON. JESUS DE VEGA, as Judge of the Court of First Instance of Bulacan, Branch II, respondents.

G.R. No. L-42847 | 1977-04-29

MARTIN, J.:

Two novel questions of law are presented to Us in these petitions to review on certiorari the quashal orders of the Court of First Instance of Bulacan, sitting at Malolos, first, the rule on venue or jurisdiction in a case of estafa for postdating or issuing a check without insufficient funds, and second, whether the new law on checks punishes the postdating or issuance thereof in payment of a pre-existing obligation.

Private respondent Cecilia Que Yabut in L-42847 was accused of estafa by means of false pretenses before the Court of First Instance of Bulacan, presided over by respondent Judge Jesus de Vega. The information,...