Case Name: People of Porto Rico, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Joaquín Dapena, Defendant and Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Jurisdiction: Puerto Rico
Decision Date: 1926-03-04
Citations: 35 P.R. 130
Docket Number: No. 3639
Parties: People of Porto Rico, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Joaquín Dapena, Defendant and Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Puerto Rico Reports
Volume: 35
Pages: 130–131

Head Matter:
People of Porto Rico, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Joaquín Dapena, Defendant and Appellant.
No. 3639.
Argued January 29, 1926.
Decided March 4, 1926.
Ramón Dapend and Leopoldo Tonnes for tbe appellant. José E. Figueras, Fiscal, for tbe appellee.

Opinion:
Me. Chief Justice Del Toeo
-delivered the opinion of the court.
In this case the defendant was convicted and fined five dollars for violating a certain ordinance of the municipality of Ponce. He appealed and assigned that the court erred (1) because the complaint was insufficient and (2) because the judgment of the court was contrary to the evidence and the law.
In arguing the first assignment of error the appellant contended that there was no ordinance punishing the act charged, but immediately thereafter he cited the ordinance in arguing that the complaint was not sufficient thereunder.
The appellant has not performed his duty of putting this court in a position to decide the error assigned. In the transcript the ordinance in question is not included and this court has held that municipal ordinances are not matters of judicial knowledge. People v. Sánchez, 30 P.R.R. 11. Hence, the presumption that the judgment is right has not been destroyed.
The evidence seems to be sufficient. A single witness who deserves full credit from the court is enough, and here policeman Eamón Cintron, whose testimony was given full credit by the court, testified positively that he saw the defendant driving his automobile without a rear light, and that was the act charged as constituting a violation of the ordinance for which he was convicted.
The judgment appealed from must be affirmed.