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    Policarpio Dumapit was found guilty of treason by the People's Court and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was charged with six counts related to allegedly causing the investigation and torture of eight guerrillas by constabulary soldiers and the Japanese. However, the Supreme Court found there was insufficient evidence that Dumapit committed treason. For two counts, victims admitted they were investigated for arson, not treason. For another count, the sole prosecution witness was not enough. The Court ruled Dumapit was not guilty of treason and reversed the lower court's judgment, acquitting him.

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    Policarpio Dumapit was found guilty of treason by the People's Court and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was charged with six counts related to allegedly causing the investigation and torture of eight guerrillas by constabulary soldiers and the Japanese. However, the Supreme Court found there was insufficient evidence that Dumapit committed treason. For two counts, victims admitted they were investigated for arson, not treason. For another count, the sole prosecution witness was not enough. The Court ruled Dumapit was not guilty of treason and reversed the lower court's judgment, acquitting him.

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    Policarpio Dumapit was found guilty of treason by the People's Court and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was charged with six counts related to allegedly causing the investigation and torture of eight guerrillas by constabulary soldiers and the Japanese. However, the Supreme Court found there was insufficient evidence that Dumapit committed treason. For two counts, victims admitted they were investigated for arson, not treason. For another count, the sole prosecution witness was not enough. The Court ruled Dumapit was not guilty of treason and reversed the lower court's judgment, acquitting him.

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    Policarpio Dumapit was found guilty of treason by the People's Court and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was charged with six counts related to allegedly causing the investigation and torture of eight guerrillas by constabulary soldiers and the Japanese. However, the Supreme Court found there was insufficient evidence that Dumapit committed treason. For two counts, victims admitted they were investigated for arson, not treason. For another count, the sole prosecution witness was not enough. The Court ruled Dumapit was not guilty of treason and reversed the lower court's judgment, acquitting him.

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    G.R. No.

    L-743

    October 11, 1949

    THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee,


    vs.
    POLICARPIO DUMAPIT, defendant-appellant.
    Facts:
    This is an appeal from a judgement of the Peoples Court.
    Appellant, Policarpio Dumapit was found guilty of treason and was penalize with
    reclusion perpetua. He was charged of six counts, but the Peoples Court based
    appellants conviction only on count 4 and 6. The appellant is alleged to have caused,
    with the aid of a group of constabulary soldiers, that 8 guerrillas were investigated and
    tortured by the soldiers and the Japanese. But in the information gathered there was
    insufficient evidence that Policarpio Dumapit committed treason:
    In Count 4, 3 victims were presented but two of them admitted that they were
    investigated for, and was suspected of arson, the other victim however admitted that the
    appellant helped him and his companions to be released. In Count 6, there was only
    one witness for the prosecution.
    (the appellant was before a corporal of Manila Harbor Police and was the one entrusted
    with the task of taking the personal properties of the family of President Quezon.)
    Issue:
    Whether or not defendant-appellant is guilty of treason.
    Held:
    No. The defendant-appellant is not guilty of treason. Aside from the fact that the
    appellant denied having had any hand in the arrest in question, the circumstance
    remains that said arrest was effected as a result of the common crime of arson. The
    matter had no treasonous significance and those arrested were confined for almost the
    whole period of their detention in the provincial jail, and not in the Japanese garrison.
    The Supreme Court ruled that the appealed judgment be reversed and the appellant be
    acquitted.

    Thata Gayamat LLB 1

    Thata Gayamat LLB 1

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