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PEOPLE vs. Fidel Sasota 052 Phil 281

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FIDEL SASOTA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 29564 | 1928-10-25

D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J.:

The defendant was charged with the crime of rape. It is alleged that the crime was committed upon the 9th day of November, 1926. A complaint was presented in the court of the justice of the peace of the municipality of Dasmariñas, Province of Cavite, on the 18th day of November, 1926. The defendant was arrested and given a preliminary hearing before said justice of the peace. At the close of the preliminary hearing the justice of the peace found that there was probable cause for believing that the defendant was guilty of the crime charged, and held him for trial in the Court of First Instance. Later...