Case Name: People, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Matienzo, Defendant and Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Jurisdiction: Puerto Rico
Decision Date: 1919-12-09
Citations: 27 P.R. 838
Docket Number: No. 1437
Parties: People, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Matienzo, Defendant and Appellant.
Judges: Justicés Wolf, del Toro, Aldrey and Hutchison concurred.
Reporter: Puerto Rico Reports
Volume: 27
Pages: 838–839

Head Matter:
People, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Matienzo, Defendant and Appellant.
Appeal from the District Court of San Juan in a Prosecution for Violation of the Automobiles Act.
No. 1437.
Decided December 9, 1919.
Automobiles Act — Complaint.—A complaint made under section 12 of Act No. 75 of April 13, 1916, is insufficient if it does not charge the defendant vith the violation of one or more of the specific provisions contained in said section.
The facts are stated in the opinion.
Mr. L. Sánchez, Vaamonde for the appellant.
Mr. José E. Figueras, Fiscal, for the appellee.

Opinion:
Me. Chief Justice Heenández
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellant was charged with a violation of section 12(a) of Act No. 75 of 1916, regarding automobiles, in that on December 23, 1918, at about 1 P. M. and in the ward of San Antón of the municipal judicial district of Carolina, he unlawfully, wilfully and maliciously operated automobile No. 2286 without exercising due care or taking reasonable precautions to insure the safety of persons and property, colliding with automobile No. P 356 owned by the complaining witness and damaging it.
The appellant lias filed no brief in support of the appeal and tlie Fiscal moves for the reversal of the judgment appealed from on account of the insufficiency of the information, which does not specify the violation of the statute.
The question raised by the Fiscal has been previously considered by this court in the cases of People v. Barque, 25 P. R. R. 553, People v. Rivera, 26 P. R. R. 393, and People v. Salgado, ante, p. 804, the court having arrived at the conclusion on which the. Fiscal relies for moving that the judgment appealed from be reversed.
Ratifying the jurisprudence established in the said cases, the'judgment appealed from must be reversed and the defendant discharged, without costs.
Reversed.
Justicés Wolf, del Toro, Aldrey and Hutchison concurred.