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United States Vs. Sixto Laxa 036 Phil 670

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SIXTO LAXA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 11457 and 11458 | 1917-03-31

D E C I S I O N


ARAULLO, J.:

Two causes were instituted against the defendant Sixto Laxa in the Court of First Instance of Pampanga, recorded respectively under Nos. 1697 and 1698, and were commenced by complaints entered by the fiscal which, respectively, read as follows:

"The undersigned charges Sixto Laxa with a violation of article 169, in connection with section 45, subsection (p), of Act No. 2339, as amended, committed as follows:

"That the said accused Sixto Laxa, on and prior to the 23d day of April, 1915, in the municipality of Sexmoan, Pampanga, P. I., did, willfully, unlawfully and criminally, and without previously having...