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Jean L. Arnault Vs. Potenciano Pecson 087 Phil 418

JEAN L. ARNAULT, petitioner, vs. POTENCIANO PECSON, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Manila, respondent.

G.R. No. L-4027 | 1950-10-02

D E C I S I O N


TUASON, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari, prohibition and mandamus, assailing alleged refusal by the Court of First Instance of Manila to grant the petitioner ample opportunity to prepare his defense in criminal case No. 12821 of that court, in which he is charged with income tax evasion. In his prayer the petitioner asks that Judge Pecson, the respondent judge, be commanded to allow him to go out of Bilibid Prison under guard to look for and confer with his witnesses, but from the allegations in the body of the application and annexes thereto, it appears that the motions submitted to and denied by the court were...