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Facts:
Issue:
Whether or not the Philippine courts have jurisdiction over the crime
committed aboard merchant vessels anchored in our jurisdictional waters.
Held:
Yes. The crime in the case at bar was committed in our internal waters thus
the Philippine courts have a right of jurisdiction over the said offense. The
Court said that having the opium smoked within our territorial waters even
though aboard a foreign merchant ship is a breach of the public order
because it causes such drugs to produce pernicious effects within our
territory. Therefore, the demurrer is revoked and the Court ordered further
proceedings.