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In Re Appeals from the People's Court

RE-CASES APPEALED FROM THE PEOPLE'S COURT

x x x | 1948-11-10

R E S O L U T I O N

PARAS, J:

There are about forty treason cases appealed to this Court before the re-creation of the Court of Appeals wherein the penalty imposed is less than reclusion perpetua or death. After the re-creation of the Court of Appeals, these cases were certified to it. The question that arises is whether they should be left with that court or whether they correspond and should be returned to this Court.

Under Commonwealth Act No. 682, the People's Court had jurisdiction not only to try and decide all cases of crimes against national security but to convict and sentence the accused for any crime included in the acts...