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Samilin vs. CFI of Pangasinan

APOLINARIO SAMILIN, petitioner, vs. THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF PANGASINAN, respondent.

G.R. No. 37376 | 1932-10-15

D E C I S I O N


BUTTE, J:

This is an original petition praying that a writ of prohibition issue to the respondent court commanding it to desist and refrain from further proceedings in criminal case No. 12004 entitled the People of the Philippine Islands vs. Apolinario Samilin, in which the defendant (petitioner here) is on trial for the crime of rape.

The said criminal case was commenced on April 16, 1931, by a complaint signed and filed by the chief of police of the municipality of San Manuel, Province of Pangasinan, before the justice of the peace, in conformity with the provisions of Act No. 1773 then in force. In due course, after...