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PEOPLE vs. Alarcon, et al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SALVADOR ALARCON, ET AL., accused. FEDERICO MA?GAHAS, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. 46551 | 1939-12-12

D E C I S I O N


LAUREL, J:

As an aftermath of the decision rendered by the Court of First Instance of Pampanga in criminal case No. 5733, The People of the Philippines vs. Salvador Alarcon, et al., convicting the accused therein except one of the crime of robbery committed in band, a denunciatory letter, signed by one Luis M. Taruc, was addressed to His Excellency, the President of the Philippines. A copy of said letter found its way to the herein respondent, Federico Manga has who, as columnist of the Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines, quoted the letter in an article published by him in the issue of that...