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United States Vs. Que Bing

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. QUE BING, ET AL., defendants-appellees.

G.R. No. 1382 | 1906-10-26

D E C I S I O N


WILLARD, J.:

The defendants in this case were convicted in the municipal court of the city of Manila of a violation of section 3 of Ordinance No. 2 of the city of Manila, prohibiting gambling. From the judgment of conviction they appealed to the Court of First Instance for the city of Manila. In that court they presented a demurrer to the complaint. The decision sustaining the demurrer is as follows:

"En el articulo 5 de la Ordenanza No. 2 se usan las palabras faro y ruleta que no se usuan en los otros parrafos de la ordenanza y de esta circumstancia se deduce que la Junta Municipal no ha querido hacer aplicable a los...