Balzac v. Porto Rico
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP PORTO RICO. Review of two judgments of the Supreme Court of Porto Rico which affirmed judgments of the District Court for Arecibo imposing sentences to imprisonment .based on convictions of criminal libel.1
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft
These are two prosecutions for criminal libel brought against the same defendant, Jesus M. Balzac, on informations filed in the District Court for Arecibo, Porto Rico, by the District Attorney for that District. Balzac was the ■editor of a daily paper published in Arecibo, known as “ El Baluarte ”, and the articles upon which the charges of libel were based were published on April 16 and April 23,' 1918, respectively. In each case the defendant demanded a jury. The code of criminal procedure, of Porto Rico grants a jury trial in cases of felony but not in misdemeanors. The defendant,…
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