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The document summarizes a court case regarding the sale of opium in the Philippines in 1907. Specifically: - A Chinese man named Cuna was charged with violating the Opium Law by selling opium to a Filipino woman. However, the law was later repealed. - The court held that Cuna could still be convicted even though the law was repealed, as the common law doctrine at the time was that courts maintained jurisdiction over offenses committed before a law was repealed. - The penalty would be based on the origi

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Kate Bianca Caindoy

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