Diaz v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. On May 30, 1906, at San Carlos, Province of Occidental Negros, Philippine Islands, Gabriel Diaz, by blows and kicks, inflicted bodily injuries upon Cornelio Alcanzaren, and by reason thereof was the next day charged before the justice of the peace of San Carlos with assault and battery. At the hearing upon that charge Diaz was found guilty of a misdemeanor and fined fifty pesetas and costs, which he paid.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. On May 30, 1906, at San Carlos, Province of Occidental Negros, Philippine Islands, Gabriel Diaz, by blows and kicks, inflicted bodily injuries upon Cornelio Alcanzaren, and by reason thereof was the next day charged before the justice of the peace of San Carlos with assault and battery. At the hearing upon that charge Diaz was found guilty of a misdemeanor and fined fifty pesetas and costs, which he paid. Subsequently, on the twenty-sixth of June, Alcanzaren died, and Diaz was then charged before the same justice of the peace with…
1Opinion of the Court
223 U.S. 442 (1912)
DIAZ
v.
UNITED STATES.
No. 384.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued November 16, 1911.
Decided February 19, 1912.
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Mr. Frederic R. Coudert, with whom Mr. Howard Thayer Kingsbury was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.
The Solicitor General for the United States.
MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.
The provision against double jeopardy, in the Philippine Civil Government Act of July 1, 1902, 32 Stat. 691, c. 1369, § 5, is in terms restricted to instances where the second…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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- United States v. PerezSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Diaz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Hopt v. People of Territory of UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Lewis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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