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US vs. Eduardo Salazar, Et Al. 019 Phil 233

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDUARDO SALAZAR and TARCILA PALACIO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 6354 | 1911-03-28

D E C I S I O N


TRENT, J.:

The defendants were convicted in the Court of First Instance of the Province of Tarlac, Hon. Julio Llorente presiding, of the crime of calumny, and each sentenced to five months' arresto mayor, to pay a fine of 625 pesetas, with the corresponding subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency and to each pay one-half of the costs. They appealed, and now insist that the trial court erred:

1. In permitting the trial to proceed upon the complaint of the provincial fiscal;

2. In finding that the proofs presented established the guilt of the defendants of the crime of calumny beyond a reasonable doubt; and,

3. In...