Pennington v. District Court of Mayagüez

Mr. Chiep Justice Del Toro

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus directed to the District Court of Mayagüez to compel the judge thereof to ■dismiss a prosecution for assault and battery brought against *255the petitioner in a municipal court and taken on appeal to ,said district court.

It appears from the record that on July 11, 1941, Primi-tivo Casiano, District Police Chief, filed a complaint in the Municipal Court of Mayagiiez against Charles P. Pennington, petitioner herein, charging him with assaults and battery on Atherton Lee by using his fists. At the…