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Valenzuela vs. PEOPLE

ALFREDO VALENZUELA, petitioner, vs. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. 45666 | 1939-04-24

D E C I S I O N


IMPERIAL, J:

This is a petition for certiorari filed by the accused to review the decision of the Court of Appeals affirming the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan, which found him guilty of a violation of section 309 of the Act of Congress of the United States of America, entitled "World War Adjusted Compensation Act", and sentenced him to one month and one day of imprisonment, to indemnify Silvestre Parido in the sum of P300 and to pay the costs.

Silvestre Parido, the offended party, had been during the world war a member of the infantry regiment of the United States Army and as such had obtained...