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People vs. Veloso 048 Phil 169

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSE M.A VELOSO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 23051 | 1925-10-20

D E C I S I O N


MALCOLM, J .:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Manila finding the accused, Jose M.a Veloso, guilty of the crime of resistance of the agents of the authority, in violation of article 252 of the Penal Code, and sentencing him to four months and one day imprisonment, arresto mayor, with the aecessory penalties, to pay a fine Of P200, with the corresponding subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and to pay the costs. The errors assigned by counsel for the accused as appellant, go to the proposition that the resistance of the police was justifiable on account of the illegality of the...