chanroblesvirtualawlibrary chanrobles virtual law library An exact translation of the said drama is included in the information, and various parts thereof are specially assigned, which, in the opinion of the prosecution, were more especially in violation of the statute in such cases made and provided. Office of the Solicitor-General Araneta for appellee.Īurelio Tolentino, the appellant in this case, was convicted upon an information charging him with the crime of "uttering seditious words and writings, publishing and circulating scurrilous libels against the Government of the United States and the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, committed as follows: That said Aurelio Tolentino, on or about the 14th day of May, 1903, in the city of Manila, Philippine Islands, did unlawfully utter seditious words and speeches and did write, publish, and circulate scurrilous libels against the Government of the United States and the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, which tend to obstruct the lawful officers of the United States and the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands in the execution of their offices, and which tend to instigate others to cabal and meet together for unlawful purposes, and which suggest and incite rebellious conspiracies and riots, and which tend to stir up the people against the lawful authorities and to disturb the peace of the community and the safety and order of the Government of the United States and the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, which said seditious words and speeches are false and inflammatory, and tend to incite and move the people to hatred and dislike of the government established by law within the Philippine Islands, and tend to incite, move, and persuade great numbers of the people of said Philippine Islands to insurrection, riots, tumults, and breaches of the public peace which said false, seditious, and inflammatory words and scurrilous libels are in Tagalog language in a theatrical work written by said Aurelio Tolentino, and which was presented by him and others on the said 14th day of May, 1903, at the "Teatro Libertad," in the city of Manila, Philippine Islands, entitled 'Kahapon Ñgayon at Bukas' (Yesterday, To-day, and To-morrow). Rafael Palma and Gibbs and Kincaid for appellant. THE UNITED STATES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. Home > ChanRobles Virtual Law Library > Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence >
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