Castro v. González

Mr. Justice Todd, Jr.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The main question to be decided here is whether the testimony of an accomplice without further corroborating evidence constitutes probable cause for the commitment of a person under a warrant of arrest issued by a district attorney.

The facts, briefly stated, are the following:

The prosecuting attorney of the District Court of San Juan issued on December 30,1949 a warrant of arrest against Lucas E. Castro, charging him with the commission of eight *847crimes of murder and two of attempt to kill and fixing bonds in the amounts of $30,000 and…