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Vicente Garcia Valdez Vs. Director Of Prisons 038 Phil 596

VICENTE GARCIA VALDEZ, petitioner, vs. THE DIRECTOR OF PRISONS, respondent.

G.R. No. 13985 | 1918-09-16

D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J .:

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The only question presented is whether or not a criminal action for libel may be commenced and prosecuted by the filing of a complaint signed by a private person ? In other words, must all criminal actions for libel be commenced and prosecuted by the filing or presentation of an information. The words complaint and information are here used in accordance with the definitions given in sections 4 and 5 of General Orders No. 58.

The petitioner alleges that inasmuch as the complaint, which was presented against him in the Court of First Instance of the city of...