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P.P vs. Perez

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SUSANO PEREZ (alias KID PEREZ), defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-856 | 1949-04-18

D E C I S I O N

TUASON, J p:

Susano Perez alias Kid Perez was convicted of treason by the 5th Division of the People's Court sitting in Cebu City and sentenced to death by electrocution.

Seven counts were alleged in the information but the prosecution offered evidence only on counts 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6, all of which, according to the court, were substantiated. In a unanimous decision, the trial court found as follows.

"As regards count No. 1

"Count No. 1 alleges that the accused, together with the other Filipinos, recruited, apprehended and commandeered numerous girls and women against their will for the purpose of using them, as in fact...