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United States Vs. Pascual Pacis, Et Al. 031 Phil 524

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PASCUAL PACIS ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 10363 | 1915-09-29

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J.:

An appeal from a judgment of the Court of First Instance, Fourth Judicial District, convicting the appellants of a violation of a gambling ordinance of the city of Baguio, rendered on appeal from the court of the justice of the peace of that city.

The right of the appellants to maintain this appeal turns upon our ruling as to the question raised by them as to the validity of the ordinance of the violation of which they were convicted. (U. S. vs. Tamparong, p. 321, ante.)

Counsel for appellants contend that the municipal council of the city of Baguio is not clothed with power to enact an ordinance defining,...