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United States Vs. Gregorio Jimenez 041 Phil 1

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GREGORIO JIMENEZ, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 16388 | 1920-07-21

D E C I S I O N


VILLAMOR, J .:

The appellant in this cause was sentenced by the Court of First Instances of Manila to four months of arresto mayor and payment of costs for the crime of lesiones graves by reckless imprudence. The information by virtue of which he was tried and found guilty is as follows:

"That on or about November 20, 1918, in the city of Manila, Philippine Islands, the said accused, being then the motorman and person in charge of electric car No. 150 which was among those making the run between Pasay and San Juan, ran and operated said car along Calle P. Burgos in this city, in a careless, negligent and imprudent...