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United States Vs. Juan Alvear, Et Al. 035 Phil 626

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JUAN ALVEAR ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 11941 | 1916-12-07

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J.:

Each of the five appellants in this case, two of whom are women, was convicted in the court below of the crime of atentado contra los agentes de la autoridad (assault upon agents in authority) and sentenced to one year eight months and twenty-one days of prision correccional, and to pay a fine of five hundred pesetas.

The prosecution undertook to prove that a Constabulary sergeant and a soldier, who were duly provided with a search warrant, entered the house where the accused were arrested for the purpose of searching for opium; that immediately upon entering the house, the sergeant proceeded to read the...