People v. Fontana

This prosecution was begun in the municipal court of Arecibo under a complaint charging the defendant with selling' lottery tickets contrary to the provisions of section 293 of the Penal Code. On a trial the accused was convicted and appealed from the judgment to the district court. In that court the defendant, through his counsel, made a motion to dismiss the prosecution for a defect in the complaint in that it was charged therein that the accused sold the lottery tickets through two agents and that it was not stated in the complaint who these agents were, whereby the accused was prej7…