Supreme Court decision · Criminal Law
People of the Philippine Islands v. Garces
G. R. No. 40471 · Promulgated May 12, 1934
In brief
This case is about the reversal of conviction and acquittal of Rufino Garces by the Supreme Court upon appeal.
Appeal, Acquittal, Reversal, Court of First Instance, Judgment
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Full text
[ G. R. No. 40471, May 12, 1934 ]
THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE VS. RUFINO GARCES, 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 ___________Bohol________, dated the __________31st__________ day of __________August____________, nineteen hundred and ___________thirty-three____________, and from which the above-entitled appeal was taken, be, and the same is hereby, reversed with the costs of this instance de oficio, and the accused acquitted of the crime with which he is charged and set at liberty forthwith.
It is further ordered that the said cause be remanded to the Court of First Instance.