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People Of The Phil. Islands Vs. Jose Bella Bautista

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSE BELLA BAUTISTA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 30541 | 1929-03-30

D E C I S I O N


STREET, J.:

This appeal has been brought to reverse a judgment of the Court of First Instance of the City of Manila, finding the appellant, Jose Bella Bautista, guilty of the offense of falsification of a public and official document and sentencing him, under article 301 of the Penal Code, as amended, to undergo imprisonment for four years, nine months and eleven days, prision correccional, with the accessories prescribed by law, and requiring him to pay a fine of P1,500 pesetas, with subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and requiring him to pay the costs of prosecution.
The subject of falsification in this...