Supreme Court decision · Criminal Law
People of the Philippine Islands v. Cabalfin
G. R. No. 37595 · Promulgated May 12, 1934
In brief
This case is about the reversal of a lower court's decision and the acquittal of the appellant, with the case remanded to the Court of First Instance.
Appeal, Acquittal, Court of First Instance, Reversal, Costs
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Full text
[ G. R. No. 37595, May 12, 1934 ]
THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDM PLAINTIFFAND APPELLEE, VS. JOSE C. CABALFIN ET AL., DEFENDANTS, JOSE C. CABALFIN, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.
D E C I S I O N
J. STEVENS-ACTING CLERK OF COURT
This court having regularly acquired jurisdiction for the trial of the above-entitled cause submitted by both parties for decision,after consideration thereof by the Court upon the record, its decision and order for the judgment having been filed on the ________26th________day of ________April________, A. D. nineteen hundred and _________thirty-four________;
By virtue thereof it is hereby adjudged and decreed that the order of the Court of the First Instance of ___________Iloilo________, dated the __________21st__________ day of __________May____________, nineteen hundred and ___________thirty-two____________, and from which the above-entitled appeal was taken, be, and the same is hereby , reversed and the appellant acquitted, with costs de oficio.
It is further ordered that the said cause be remanded to the Court of First Instance.