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United States Vs. Lazaro H. Gonzalez 029 Phil 506

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LAZARO H. GONZALEZ, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 9732 | 1915-02-12

D E C I S I O N


ARAULLO, J.:

The proceedings in this cause were commenced and prosecuted against Lazaro H. Gonzalez through a complaint filed by the provincial fiscal of Batangas, in the Court of First Instance of the said province, on September 25, 1913, and drawn up in the following language:

'The undersigned provincial fiscal charges Lazaro H. Gonzales with the crime of 'selling meat injurious to the public health,' committed as follows:

"In or about October, 1912, in the municipality of Tuy, Batangas, of the district of this Court of First Instance, the accused did, maliciously, and criminally, sell for public consumption putrid...