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United States Vs. Alejandro R. Mateo 025 Phil 324

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALEJANDRO R. MATEO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 8025 | 1913-09-17

D E C I S I O N


MORELAND, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Nueva Ecija, convicting the accused of a violation of section 55 of Act No. 1189, and sentencing him to one year in prison and to pay a fine of P2,000 with subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and to pay the costs of the trial.

The defendant, Alejandro R. Mateo, is a priest of the Roman Catholic Church and was stationed in the town of Aliaga in the Province of Nueva Ecija during the month of November, 1911, and had been for some months prior thereto. On the 27th day of October, 1911, he was called on in the performance of his...