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  EN BANC G.R. No. L-47684             June 10, 1941 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,  plaintiff-appellant, vs. DIONISIO A. MANEJA,  defendant-appellee. First Assistant Solicitor-General Reyes and Solicitor Barcelona for appellant. Del Rosario & Del Rosario, Pelaez & Pelaez and Hilario B. Abellana for appellee. Godofredo Reyes and Enrique Medina as private prosecutors. MORAN,  J. : The sole question raised in this appeal is whether the period of prescription for the offense of false testimony which, in the instant case, is five years (art. 180, No. 4, in relation to art. 90, Revised Penal Code), should commence from the time the appellee, Dionisio A. Maneja, adduced the supposed false testimony in criminal case No. 1872 on December 16, 1933, as the lower court held,  or , from the time the decision of the Court of Appeals in the aforesaid basic case became final in December, 1938, as the prosecution contends. We hold that the ...

  [ G.R. No. L-6407, July 29, 1954 ] THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE VS. PASCUAL CASTRO, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT. D E C I S I O N BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.: Apolonio Bustos, the complainant, was the head teacher of the barrio school of San Jose, Macabebe, Pampanga, and Pascual Castro, the accused, a teacher in said school. In the morning of January 19, 1952, while the complainant was on his way to the barrio chapel to hear mass he met a group of persons including the accused. The complainant invited the accused to hear mass but instead of accepting his invitation a discussion ensued in the course of which the accused gave the complainant a fist blow on the face causing him injuries which required medical attendance for a period of five days. On April 14, 1952, a complaint for slight physical injuries was lodged by the complainant against the accused in the Justice of the Peace Court of Macabebe, Pampanga. After trial, the accused was found guilty as charged and sent...

  [ G.R. No. 7557, December 07, 1912 ] THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT, VS. JOSE S. SERAPIO, DEFENDANT AND APPELLEE. D E C I S I O N PER CURIAM: This defendant  was  charged  with the crime of libel, alleged to have be committed as follows: "I. On or about  the  month of December,  1907, in the municipality of Santa Maria,  Province of Bulacan, P. I., the said  accused, Jose S. Serapio, did and criminally, with the  intention of attacking, reviling, and expose in public hatred and scorn the good name,  virtue, and reputation of  Bonifacio Morales, write, publish, and send by mail,  addressed  to the Executive Secretary,  an anonymous communication,  the pertinent  portion whereof is as follows: " '11.  Bonifacio Morales is the murderer of 12 peaceful and  honest  men are: Mariano  Ramirez,  municipal president of Bocaue; the teacher of the primary school of Marilao, E...

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