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In Re Vicente Sotto (Contempt of Court)

In re VICENTE SOTTO, for contempt of court.

x x x | 1948-01-21

D E C I S I O N

FERIA, J:

This is a proceeding for contempt of court against the respondent Atty. Vicente Sotto, who was required by this Court on December 7, 1948, to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of court for having issued a written statement in connection with the decision of this Court in In re Angel Parazo for contempt of court, which statement, as published in the Manila Times and other daily newspapers of the locality, reads as follows:

"As author of the Press Freedom Law (Republic Act No. 53), interpreted by the Supreme Court in the case of Angel Parazo, reporter of a local daily, who now has to suffer 30...