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Simplicio J. Cusit vs. Pantaleon V. Jurado

SIMPLICIO J. CUSIT, complainant, vs. MUNICIPAL JUDGE PANTALEON V. JURADO, Sta. Teresita, Cagayan, respondent.

A.M. No. 6998-MJ | 1981-02-10

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

In April, 1978, Simplicio J. Cusit filed in the municipal court of Sta. Teresita, Cagayan against Marcelino Bersola and five other persons a complaint for violation of the Anti-Cattle Rustling Law (PD No. 533) for having stolen in August, 1977 Cusit's eight-year-old carabao valued at P2,800 (Criminal Case No. 594).

Respondent judge conducted the preliminary examination. Having found probable cause, he issued a warrant of arrest on April 14, 1978. The proceeding in the municipal court was terminated on June 5, 1978 (p. 21, Rollo).Respondent judge claims that about seven months later the sixty-page expediente...