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PEOPLE vs. Crispin De Vera 050 Phil 1003

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellant, vs. CRISPIN DE VERA, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 26478 | 1927-02-23

D E C I S I O N


VILLA-REAL, J.:

This is an appeal taken by the prosecution from an order of the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan, granting the accused's motion for dismissal of the action upon the ground that the justice of the peace who originally tried the cause, as well as the judge of said Court of First Instance, before whom said appeal was pending, had no jurisdiction, inasmuch as the misdemeanor committed by said accused is defined in article 588 of the Penal Code and punished with arresto menor and private censure, and dismissing the cause, reserving the right to commence another criminal action for the same offense.

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