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PEOPLE vs. Celedonio De La Cruz 048 Phil 533

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CELEDONIO DE LA CRUZ, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 24507 | 1925-12-28

D E C I S I O N


VILLA-REAL, J .:

This is an appeal taken by Celedonio de la Cruz from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Iloilo, finding him guilty, as principal, of the crime of abduction with rape, for having taken direct part in the commission thereof, and sentencing him to suffer seventeen years, four months and one day, reclusion, temporal, and to acknowledge and support the offspring, if any, with the accessory penalties of the law, and the costs of the action.

The appellant assigns three errors to the judgment of the lower court, which will be discussed hereinafter.

There is no question that the offended party,...