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PEOPLE vs. Topacio, et al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSE TOPACIO and HUGO SANTIAGO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 38021 | 1934-01-16

D E C I S I O N


VICKERS, J:

The appellants, Jose Topacio and Hugo Santiago, were charged in the Court of First Instance of Manila with the crime of libel committed as follows:

"That on or about and during the month of November, 1931, in the City of Manila, Philippine Islands, and within the jurisdiction of this court, the said Jose Topacio, conspiring and confederating with Hugo Santiago who was and is the owner and manager of the General Printing Press, a concern doing printing business in said city, and both defendants helping one another, did then and there willfully, unlawfully, feloniously, maliciously and for the purpose of...