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PEOPLE vs. Burgos, Jr.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. M. X. BURGOS, JR., defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 38485 | 1934-01-16

D E C I S I O N


BUTTE, J:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Manila convicting the defendant-appellant of the crime of libel and sentencing him to pay a fine of P100.

During the years 1929 and 1930, the appellant was the managing editor of the Philippines Herald, a reputable daily newspaper published in the English language and of general circulation in the Philippine Islands. The information charges that as such managing editor, he published in the Philippines Herald "a series of defamatory and libelous articles" which are reproduced in full and extend over seven typewritten pages in the information....