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Cu Unjieng vs. Goddard

MARIANO CU UNJIENG, petitioner, vs. LEONARD S. GODDARD, Judge of First Instance of Manila, and THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 40342 | 1933-10-27

D E C I S I O N

BUTTE, J:

This is an original petition for writ of certiorari, mandamus and prohibition. The petition sets out three "causes of action" and we will dispose of them seriatim.

The petitioner is on trial in the Court of First Instance of Manila in criminal case No. 40649, entitled "The People of the Philippine Islands vs. Mariano Cu Unjieng et al.", in which the accused are charged with the crime of estafa thru falsification of commercial documents. The respondent, the Honorable Leonard S. Goddard, is the judge presiding at said trial.

On Wednesday, August 9, 1933, while the petitioner, as a witness in his own behalf in...