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Gregorio Perfecto published an editorial criticizing the Philippine Senate for lost documents. He was charged with violating Article 256 of the Spanish Penal Code, which prohibited insulting ministers of the crown. The Supreme Court ruled that Article 256 was no longer in force since the political relations between the Philippines and Spain were abolished when the US acquired the Philippines. As the provision aimed to protect Spanish officials, it was inconsistent with the democratic American system of gove

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