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United States Vs. Mariano Azajar 030 Phil 556

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARIANO AZAJAR, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 9706 | 1915-03-30

D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J.:

This defendant was charged with the crime of "homicide by reckless negligence." The complaint alleged:

"About the 9th day of August, 1913, in the municipality of Santa Rosa, Province of Laguna, the defendant, being a locomotive engineer, did, with reckless negligence, run over Catalino Delmo, who was working on the track, causing his death; an act performed in violation of the law."

Upon said complaint the defendant was arrested, arraigned, tried, found guilty of the crime charged in the complaint, and sentenced to be imprisoned for a period of one year and one day of prision correccional, with the...