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Vicente J. Francisco, Feria & La O, Orense & Belmonte and Gibbs &
McDough for respondent Cu Unjieng.
No appearance for respondent Judge.
SYLLABUS
DECISION
LAUREL, J : p
This is an original action instituted in this court on August 19, 1937, for
the issuance of the writs of certiorari and of prohibition to the Court of First
Instance of Manila so that this court may review the actuations of the
aforesaid Court of First Instance in criminal case No. 42649 entitled "The
People of the Philippine Islands vs. Mariano Cu Unjieng, et al.", more
particularly the application of the defendant Mariano Cu Unjieng therein for
probation under the provisions of Act No. 4221, and thereafter prohibit the
said Court of First Instance from taking any further action or entertaining
further the aforementioned application for probation, to the end that the
defendant Mariano Cu Unjieng may be forthwith committed to prison in
accordance with the final judgment of conviction rendered by this court in
said case (G. R. No. 41200). 1
Separate Opinions
VILLA-REAL and ABAD SANTOS, J., concurring: