People v. Rodríguez Hernández

Mr. Justice Hernández Matos

delivered the opinion of the Court.

On January 26, 1960 appellant Rafael Rodríguez Her-nández was charged in the Yabucoa Part of the District *628Court with the crime of distributing libelous matter in the form of leaflets, defined and punished by § § 248 and 244 of our Penal Code, 1937 edition.1

On the following May 9 an amended complaint was filed with leave of the court and notice to the accused, which reads as follows:

“ (Title). — I, Ernesto Carrasquillo, resident of Yabucoa, P.R., of legal age, file an amended complaint against the aforesaid defendants for the…