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PEOPLE vs. Francisca Celis 101 Phil 586

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRANCISCA CELIS, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-9625 | 1957-05-27

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

Francisca Celis was charged with slander in the Municipal Court of Manila, in a complaint subscribed and sworn to on 7 July 1955 by Dominga B. Mutya and filed on 12 July 1955, committed as follows:

That on or about the 9th day of June, 1955, in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously and publicly utter and proffer slanderous words and expressions against the undersigned complainant such as "Puta ka ina-asawa ka ng asawa ko sa cuarto namin. Akala mo hindi na ako babalik kaya ikao pumatol sa asawa ko," and other expressions of similar import,...