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PEOPLE vs. Maximo Pacheco 093 Phil 521

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MAXIMO PACHECO, alias EMONG, alias GUEMO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-4570 | 1953-07-31

D E C I S I O N


BENGZON, J.:

In the year 1950, Maximo Pacheco was tried for treason in the court of first instance of Bulacan, the amended information alleging, in the first count, acts performed in Polo, Bulacan and in the second, acts in the City of Manila.

The Honorable Manuel P. Barcelona Judge, in a decision dated January 10, 1951, found him guilty as charged, and sentenced him to be imprisoned for life, to pay a fine of P10,000 and to indemnify the heirs of Ceferino Rivera in the amount of P6,000.

The accused appealed in due time. His printed brief assigns four errors that raise two principal issues: (1) jurisdiction of the...