grafton argued decided may clarence nettles john atwood frederic mckenney plaintiff error solicitor general hoyt defendant error justice harlan delivered opinion writ error brings review judgment philippine islands affirming judgment first instance province iloilo plaintiff error grafton adjudged guilty homicide defined penal code philippines sentenced imprisonment twelve years one day history criminal prosecution disclosed record follows homer grafton private army tried general convened brigadier general carter commanding department visayas philippine islands upon following charge specifications violation article war specification private homer grafton company infantry sentry post unlawfully wilfully feloniously kill florentino castro philippino shooting magazine rifle caliber buena vista landing guimaras july specification private homer grafton company infantry sentry post unlawfully wilfully feloniously kill felix villanueva philippino shooting magazine rifle caliber buena vista landing guimaras july article war provided time war insurrection rebellion larceny robbery burglary arson mayhem manslaughter murder assault battery intent kill wounding shooting stabbing intent commit murder rape assault battery intent commit rape shall punishable sentence general committed persons military service punishment case shall less punishment provided like offense laws state territory district offense may committed article war words crimes capital disorders neglects officers soldiers may guilty prejudice good order military discipline though mentioned foregoing articles war taken cognizance general regimental garrison field officers courtmartial according nature degree offense punished discretion accused pleaded guilty specification well charge trial made following admission writing admit july member detachment company infantry duty buena vista landing guimaras july regularly detailed guard member first relief post hours execution duty shot two male philippinos magazine rifle caliber found soldier guilty specification guilty charge acquittal approved department commander august released confinement restored duty appeared proof accused excellent character stated opinion philippines holding department commander offered submit case first instance province appear action taken judge reference offer day november prosecuting attorney province iloilo philippine islands filed criminal information complaint name first instance province follows subscriber accuses homer grafton crime assassination committed manner following july barrio santo rosario within jurisdiction municipality buena vista guimaras island pov ince iloilo philippine islands said accused illegal intention maliciously without justification treachery deliberate premeditation killed felix villanueva manner following said day said barrio said accused homer grafton rifle carried time known magazine rifle fired shot directly felix villanueva causing said shot serious necessarily fatal wound consequence said wound aforesaid felix villanueva died immediately infliction thereof violation law information filed well martial convened philippines penal code provided follows shall kill father mother child whether legitimate illegitimate ascendants descendants spouse shall punished parricide penalty cadena perpetua death without included preceding article shall kill person guilty assassination deed attended following circumstances treachery price promise reward means flood fire poison deliberate premeditation vindictiveness deliberately inhumanly increasing suffering person attacked person guilty assassination shall punished penalty cadena temporal maximum degree death without included provisions article shall kill another without attendance circumstances specified foregoing article guilty homicide person guilty homicide shall punished penalty reclusi temporal trial first instance accused interposed demurrer alleging jurisdiction try offense charged following reasons acts constituting alleged offense committed within limits military reservation soldier duly enlisted army line duty first instance philippine islands jurisdiction persons officers enlisted men army offenses mitted performance military duty courts constitutional courts contemplated article constitution without jurisdiction try causes constitutional courts exclusive jurisdiction courts philippine islands deprive accused constitutional privilege trial jury military tribunal constituted authority try accused upon indictment found presented grand jury demurrer also stated held jurisdiction try accused pleaded bar proceedings judgment general acquitting offense found guilty first instance demurrer plea overruled trial holding jurisdiction try accused plea jeopardy based trial insufficient military legally taken cognizance crime assassination charged information violation article war trial first instance judge thereof without jury resulted judgment declaring grafton guilty infraction article said penal code crime homicide killing said felix villanueva time place manner hereinbefore stated view extenuating ir cumstances remarked upon sentenced imprisonment prison law directs term twelve years one day minimum term minimum degree reclusi temporal penalty homicide pay costs prosecution suffer accessories said sentence case carried philippines judgment affirmed divided plea double jeopardy overruled three sevan judges opinion facts proved trial accused acquitted principal contention accused acquittal forbade tried civil offense bases contention part upon clause amendment constitution providing shall person subject offense twice put jeopardy life limb part upon act congress july providing temporarily administration affairs civil government philippine islands act declared person offense shall twice put jeopardy punishment stat chap prohibition double jeopardy applicable criminal prosecutions philippines settled upon full consideration recent case kepner ed sup held force act congress prohibition carried philippines became law islands case may repeated applicable present case call discussion limitations power power congress require determination question whether jeopardy clause became law islands ratification treaty without congressional action act congress made law possessions accused tried convicted assume indisputable principle authority person said put jeopardy life limb acquitted convicted must jurisdiction try offense charged alike indisputable martial jurisdiction try officer soldier crime judgment accorded finality conclusiveness issues involved attend judgments civil case may legally take cognizance ex parte reed ed referring martial said jurisdiction person case organism provided law clothed duty administering justice class cases jurisdiction proceedings collaterally impeached mere error irregularity committed within sphere authority judgments approved required rest basis surrounded considerations give conclusiveness judgments legal tribunals including well lowest highest like circumstances exercise discretion within authorized limits assigned error made subject review appellate ex parte mason ed question arose whether lawfully sentence officer army charged offense attempting kill prisoner custody imprisoned hard labor penitentiary accused tried article war said offended civil military law pop er steps taken proceeded civil authorities clear duty military bring trial jurisdiction whether trial courtmartial tried civil courts question need consider enough jurisdiction proceed done within powers jurisdiction objected case sentence excess law allowed referred article war provided person military service shall sentence punished confinement penitentiary unless offense may convicted statute statute state territory district offense may committed common law exists state territory district subject convict imprisonment proceeded article offense one recognized laws regulating civil society punishment confinement penitentiary true offense though recognized civil authorities punishable civil courts way act charged prejudice good order military discipline actually crime society punishable imprisonment penitentiary seems us clear courtmartial authorized inflict kind punishment act done civil crime trial act proceedings offender personally amenable jurisdiction criminal according laws land prejudicial good order discipline army belonged article provides offender convicted shall punished discretion article prohibit sentencing imprisonment penitentiary case tried act civil courts imprisonment inflicted carter roberts ed sup case punishment judgment general officer army observing every officer entering duties office subscribes articles war enacted congress places within power courtsmartial pass offense may committed contravention said lawful tribunals authority finally determine case jurisdiction proceedings confirmed provided open review civil tribunals except purpose ascertaining whether military jurisdiction person whether though jurisdiction exceeded powers sentence pronounced language repeated carter mcclaughry ed sup thus appears settled civil tribunals disregard judgments general accused officer soldier jurisdiction try offense set forth charge specifications notwithstanding civil first taken hold case might tried accused offense even one higher grade arising facts inquire whether courtmartial philippines jurisdiction try grafton offenses charged unnecessary enter upon extended discussion question entirely clear courtmartial jurisdiction try accused upon charges preferred agin st article war express words confers upon general regimental garrison field officers according nature degree offense jurisdiction try crimes capital committed time peace officer soldier army crimes referred article manifestly embrace capital committed officers soldiers army violation public law enforced civil power crimes committed officers soldiers army excepted article jurisdicrtion thus conferred upon except capital nature however jurisdiction general courtsmartial extends crimes capital committed public law officer soldier army within limits territory serving jurisdiction exclusive concurrent civil courts offenses may take cognizance article war first acquire jurisdiction judgments disregarded civil courts mere error reason affecting jurisdiction military next inquire whether acquitted crime homicide defined penal code philippines grafton subjected thereafter trial offense civil tribunal deriving authority martial government namely punished identical offense acquitted judgment civil us affirmed beyond question appears record civil adjudged guilty sentenced imprisonment specifically infraction article said penal code crime homicide said trial judge offense charged grafton civil offense said punishable philippines penal code death crime military articles war taken cognizance whereas offense tried martial homicide defined penal code guilty homicide defined latter section penal code finding acts evidence guilty assassination defined former section code looking matter another way suggestion trial judge mean simply speaking generally civil jurisdiction try officer soldier army crime assassination may yet render judgment subjected punishment offense included charge assassination although lesser offense previously acquitted another competent jurisdiction view wholly inadmissible upon general point philippines referring defense former jeopardy said circumstance civil trial murder crime time peace jurisdiction prior military trial manslaughter defeat defense theory identity offenses determined grade nature one crime may constituent part criterion result first prosecution negative facts charged second apparent acquittal defendant charge manslaughter pronounces guiltless facts necessary constitute murder admits plea jeopardy offense homicide manslaughter charged grafton unlawful il ling named person facts attended killing show degree offense whether assassination civil might take cognizance acquired acted homicide military acted homicide military take cognizance acted civil tried military homicide defined penal code acquitted charge guaranty exemption twice put jeopardy punishment offense value accused trial assassination arising acts punished identical offense previously acquitted chitty criminal law vol pp author says cases necessary two charges precisely point degree sufficient acquittal one show defendant guilty thus general acquittal murder discharge upon indictment manslaughter upon person latter charge included former appeared trial defendant might convicted inferior offense hand acquittal manslaughter preclude future prosecution murder innocent modified crime guilty fact addition malice design bishop treatise criminal law ed says necessary establish defense acquit nvict offense indictment name transaction rests upon facts parties sufficient make good defense com roby pick said acquittal indictment murder good bar indictment manslaughter converso acquittal indictment manslaughter bar prosecution murder first instance defendant guilty murder manslaughter found guilty latter offense upon indictment second instance since defendant guilty manslaughter guilty manslaughter circumstances aggravation enlarge murder starkie crim pl ed must taken present record affirmance judgment civil subject accused punishment acts constituting offense previously acquitted military complete jurisdiction try punish offense attempted punish offense attempted grafton committed two distinct offenses one military law discipline civil law may prescribe punishment crimes organized society whomsoever crimes committed trial either offense whatever result whether acquittal conviction even first trial competent jurisdiction bar trial another government offense assent view think inconsistent principle already announced general existing statutes time peace jurisdiction try officer soldier army offense capital civil law declares crime public express prohibition double jeopardy offense means wherever prohibition applicable either operation tion action congress person shall twice put jeopardy life limb offense consequently civil proceeding te authority withhold officer soldier army full benefit guaranty tried military competent jurisdiction congress express constitutional provision power prescribe rules government regulation army rules must interpreted connection prohibition man put twice jeopardy offense former provision must interpreted nullify latter therefore person tried offense tribunal deriving jurisdiction authority acquitted convicted tried offense another tribunal deriving jurisdiction authority different interpretation finds sanction articles war article war article adopted stat chap declares take persons tried second time offense rest decision question upon broad ground acts constituting crime acquittal conviction accused competent jurisdiction made basis second trial accused crime another civil military government congress chosen discretion confer upon general courtsmartial authority try officer soldier crime capital committed territory serving done judgment military placed upon level judgments tribunals inquiry arises whether accused virtue judgment put jeopardy life limb possible conflict matters civil military courts obviated either withholding authority try officers soldiers crimes prescribed civil power leaving civil tribunals try offenses investing exclusive jurisdiction try officers soldiers crimes capital support view judgment military officer soldier army acts constituting crime civil law military organization bar second trial civil courts acts referred fox ohio ed marigold ed moore illinois ed nothing said determined either cases conflicts decision case cases especially moore case question mooted whether acts treated crimes state suggested person punished two governments account act constituting crime without violating amendment speaking justice grier said offense legal signification means transgression law man may compelled make reparation damages injured party liable also punishment breach public peace consequence act may said common parlance twice punished offense every citizen also citizen state territory may said owe allegiance two sovereigns may liable punishment infraction laws either act may offense transgression laws thus assault upon marshal hindering execution legal process high offense perpetrator liable punishment act maybe also gross breach peace state riot assault murder subject person punishment state laws misdemeanor felony either may see fit punish offender doubted yet truly averred offender twice punished offense one act committed two offenses justly punishable plead punishment one bar conviction consequently decided case fox ohio ed state may punish offense uttering passing false coin cheat fraud practised citizens case marigold supra congress proper exercise authority may punish act offense clear cases cited point government governments several exercise respective powers move different lines government power except expressly necessary implication granted several may exert powers inconsistent constitution republican form government surrendered general government offense punished authority tribunals created laws whereas offense state punished authority tribunals act held moore case may constitute two offenses one state things predicated relations philippines government state derive powers government philippines owes existence wholly judicial tribunals exert powers authority jurisdiction authority territory inhabitants legitimate purposes government paramount cases holding acts committed state union may constitute offense also distinct offense state apply two tribunals tried accused exert powers authority government may difficult times determine whether offense officer soldier tried every substantial respect offense previously tried therefore attempt formulate rule every conceivable case must solved passing questions discussed counsel might arise record restricting decision question double jeopardy adjudge consistently act reasons stated plaintiff error soldier army acquitted crime homicide alleged committed philippines military competent jurisdiction proceeding authority subsequently tried offense civil exercising authority territory sufficient dispose present case judgment must reversed case remanded directions philippines order complaint information first instance dismissed plaintiff error discharged custody ordered