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Provincial Fiscal of Pampanga vs. Reyes

THE PROVINCIAL FISCAL OF PAMPANGA, petitioner, vs. HERMOGENES REYES, Judge of First Instance of Pampanga, and ANDRES GUEVARRA, respondents.

G.R. No. 35366 | 1931-08-05

D E C I S I O N


VILLAMOR, J:

The petitioner prays for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent judge to admit Exhibits A, B, C, and D (attached to the petition), as evidence for the prosecution in criminal cases Nos. 4501 and 4502 of the Court of First Instance of Pampanga.

The provincial fiscal of Pampanga filed two informations for libel against Andres Guevarra. The informations alleged that the defendant, with malicious intent, published on page 9 of the weekly paper Ing Magumasid in its issue of July 13, 1930, a squib in verse, of which a translation into Spanish was included therein, intended to impeach the honesty, integrity,...