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Spanish era administration of justice (3)
LAW ENFORCEMENT BODIES
In the towns, there was the cuerpo de cuadrillos -- the local police force. In the national level, there was the guardia civil -- the insular police. Both were the law enforcement arms of the national, provincial and local executives.
PENAL SYSTEM
The penal system consisted of the municipal jails in the towns, provincial jails in the towns, provincial jails in the provinces and national penitentiary in Bilibid Prison, Manila with branches in Cavite, Zamboanga, Marianas (Guam). There were also penal colonies and farms in Palawan, Cotabato, and Zamboanga.
LEGAL PROFESSION
The last component of the administration of justice in the Philippine during the Spanish era was the legal profession. It consisted of the lawyers appointed to the judiciary (juezes) and the prosecution department (fiscal) and the practicing lawyers (abogados) as well as the notaries public who were either lawyers or non-lawyers.