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People vs. Feleo

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JUAN FELEO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 36429 | 1932-11-03

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 Province of Nueva Ecija, finding the appellant, Juan Feleo, guilty of the offense of sedition, or of inciting seditious acts, in violation of section 8 of Act No. 292 of the Philippine Commission, sentencing him to undergo imprisonment for one year, and requiring him to pay the costs.

It appears that on the evening of December 7, 1930, a public meeting was held by the communists in the barrio of Tambo, municipality of San Leonardo, in the Province of Nueva Ecija. The appellant, Juan Feleo, was a leader of the communists...