[ G.R. No. 5492. December 15, 1909 ]

[ G.R. No. 5492. December 15, 1909 ]

G.R. No. 5492

[ G.R. No. 5492. December 15, 1909 ]

THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE, VS. GENEROSO HERNANDEZ, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.

D E C I S I O N

Defendant was convicted of insulting a public official, as defined by article 253, Penal Code, and sentenced to one year and one day of prision correccional, with allowance of half of the time of detention, and to pay a fine of 500 pesetas, with subsidiary imprisonment. Defendant questioned the ruling upon the evidence, and alleged that another information for the same offense had been presented to and dismissed by the justice of the peace, but offered no proof of the dismissal. Judgment affirmed.

Per Arellano, C.J.