Supreme Court decision · Criminal Law

People of the Philippine Islands v. Gamogamo

G. R. No. 39626 · Promulgated May 20, 1934

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This case is about the reversal of a lower court's decision and the acquittal of the appellant on a criminal charge.

Appeal, Acquittal, Court of First Instance, Criminal Charge, Remand

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[ G. R. No. 39626, May 20, 1934 ]

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS , PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE, VS. FEDERICO GAMOGAMO, 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 ________5th________day of ________May________, 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 ___________Tayabas________, dated the __________24th__________ day of __________March____________, nineteen hundred and ___________thirty-three____________, and from which the above-entitled appeal was taken, be, and the same is hereby, reversed and the appellant acquitted of the charge, with the costs of both instances de oficio. If he so desires the offended party may institute the civil action which may lie in accordance with law.

It is further ordered that the said cause be remanded to the Court of First Instance.