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US vs Jose M. Lerma

THE UNITED STATES, complainant-appellee, vs. JOSE M. LERMA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 1109 | 1903-05-15

D E C I S I O N


LADD, J.:

The defendant has been convicted in the trial court of publishing a libel upon J. H. Goldman. The supposed libel is contained in a writing in the form of a petition, signed by the defendant and addressed to the justice of the peace of the pueblo of Pilar, Bataan. This writing was sent by the defendant, inclosed in a sealed envelope, to the justice of the peace. Several criminal prosecutions were at this time pending against the defendant before the justice, and When the petition was delivered the preliminary investigation was being held in one of these cases. The petition states that it is rumored that a plan...