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Schneckenburger vs. Moran

ROdOLFO A. SCHNECKENBURGER, petitioner, vs. MANUEL V. MORAN, Judge of First Instance of Manila, respondent.

G.R. No. 44896 | 1936-07-31

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J:

The petitioner was duly accredited honorary consul of Uruguay at Manila, Philippine Islands on June 11, 1934. He was subsequently charged in the Court of First Instance of Manila with the crime of falsification of a private document. He objected to the jurisdiction of the court on the ground that both under the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the Philippines the court below had no jurisdiction to try him. His objection having been overruled, he filed this petition for a writ of prohibition with a view to preventing the Court of First Instance of Manila from taking cognizance of...