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Dimaunahan vs. Aranas, Et. Al.

MARCELO DIMAUNAHAN, petitioner-appellant, vs. HON. DIEGO ARANAS and A. M. VERGARA, respondents-appellees.

G.R. No. 49046 | 1943-11-22

D E C I S I O N

OZAETA, J:

Appellant is the offended party in criminal case No. 1 of the justice of the peace court of Alitagtag, Batangas, filed by the chief of police against Apolonio Jumarang and Geronimo Jumarang, for less serious physical injuries alleged to have been committed on January 13, 1943. An attempt was subsequently made by the chief of police to amend the complaint by charging the accused with frustrated homicide instead of less serious physical injuries, but the amended complaint was rejected by the justice of the peace. On March 6, 1943, before the accused were arraigned on the original complaint, the private prosecutor...