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PEOPLE vs. Padilla, Et. Al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BENITO R. PADILLA and ALFRED VON AREND, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 47027 | 1941-02-04

D E C I S I O N

LAUREL, J p:

On October 27, 1938, in criminal case No. 57235 of the Court of First Instance of Manila, Benito R. Padilla and Alfred Von Arend were charged with a violation of Commonwealth Act No. 108, in relation to Commonwealth Act No. 138. The information filed against them by the fiscal of Manila is of the following tenor:

"That on and during the period between December, 1936 to August, 1938, both dates inclusive, in the City of Manila, Philippine Islands, Benito R. Padilla, a Filipino citizen, and Alfred Von Arend, a German citizen, voluntarily, illegally and criminally, with intent to evade the provisions of Article...