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(No. 45987. May 5, 1939) The People of The Philippines, Plaintiff and Appellee, vs. CAYAT, Defendant and Appellant
(No. 45987. May 5, 1939) The People of The Philippines, Plaintiff and Appellee, vs. CAYAT, Defendant and Appellant
(No. 45987. May 5, 1939) The People of The Philippines, Plaintiff and Appellee, vs. CAYAT, Defendant and Appellant
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11. ID.; ID.; ID.; ID.; ID.; ID.; PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
INTERESTS.—When the public safety or the public
morals require the discontinuance
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MORAN, J.:
Prosecuted for violation of Act No. 1639 (secs. 2 and 3), the
accused, Cayat, a native of Baguio, Benguet, Mountain
Province, was sentenced by the justice of the peace court of
Baguio to pay a fine of five pesos (P5) or suffer subsidiary
imprisonment in case of insolvency. On appeal to the Court
of First Instance, the following information was filed
against him:
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Counsel for the appellant holds out his brief as the "brief
for the non-Christian tribes." It is said that as these less
civilized elements of the Filipino population are "jealous of
their rights in a democracy," any attempt to treat them
with discrimination or "mark them as inferior or less
capable race and less entitled" will meet with their instant
challenge. As the constitutionality of the Act here involved
is questioned for purposes thus mentioned, it becomes
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Judgment affirmed.
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