People v. Fajardo Cardona
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Statement of Facts. The petition in tbis case, filed October 25, 1915, shows that the defendant is charged with having committed the offense of bribery in three instances, all in the district and municipality of Mayaguez, Porto Pico.
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Statement of Facts. The petition in tbis case, filed October 25, 1915, shows that the defendant is charged with having committed the offense of bribery in three instances, all in the district and municipality of Mayaguez, Porto Pico. It claims that a right to a jury trial in the district in which the offense is alleged to have been committed has been denied by the highest court in Porto Pico, and the said causes transferred to Aguadilla, thence to San Juan, and thence returned under certiorari from the local supreme court to the district of Aguadilla. The alleged grounds for removal were…
1Opinion of the Court
HamiltoN, Judge,
delivered tbe following opinion:
By bis petition filed in tbis court October 25, 1915, which is tbe basis of tbe proceedings in tbis court, Mateo Fajardo Oardona alleges that be is deprived of tbe civil rights guaranteed him by tbe 6th Amendment of tbe Constitution, which reads as follows: “In all criminal prosecutions, tbe accused shall enjoy tbe right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of tbe state and district wherein tbe crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of tbe nature and cause…
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