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United States Vs. Tan Oco 034 Phil 772

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. TAN OCO, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 11338 | 1916-08-15

D E C I S I O N


TRENT, J.:

The defendant in this case was charged in the court below with having violated the provisions of Act No. 2381 known as the Opium Law. A demurrer to the complaint was sustained upon the ground that the Act just mentioned and all other laws of the Philippine Legislature relating to the same subject-matter have been repealed by the Act of Congress approved December 17, 1914. The Government appealed, and the sole question argued in the printed briefs filed in this court is that relating to the effect produced by the Act of Congress upon the local legislation dealing with the subject of opium.

Counsel for the...