Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, 1917

People v. Padilla

People v. Padilla
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · Decided July 9, 1917 · Aldrey, Hernández, Hutchison, Toro, Wole
25 P.R. 491

People v. Padilla

Opinion of the Court

Me. Justice Wole

delivered the opinion of the court.

In this case there was a demurrer to the information and at the trial the appellant insisted that no public offense had been charged or proved. For the reasons assigned in the case of People v. Wys, just decided, the judgment must be reversed and the prisoner discharged.

Reversed.

Chief Justice Hernández and Justice Aldrey concurred. Justices del Toro and Hutchison dissented.

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