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P.P vs. Alcover

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FELIX ALCOVER, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-986 | 1949-01-26

D E C I S I O N

PERFECTO, J p:

Felix Alcover appealed from a decision of the People's Court finding him guilty of treason and sentencing him to suffer reclusion perpetua and to pay a fine of P5,000 and the costs.

Appellant is accused of treason on three counts, one for acting as informer, undercover or spy of the Japanese Kempei-Tai, another for his participation in the arrest of Anita and Rosario Bacani, intelligence operatives of the guerrillas, and the third for his part in the arrest of Francing Bacalla, for the latter's guerrilla activities.

At the hearing the accused admitted being a Filipino citizen by birth. (9). The substance...