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Held: Yes, if the judgment is applicable and favorable to the accused. While, in
effect, he committed an act of defiance of the law by escaping, we are not without
other prior incidents where such undesirable conduct, which should not be
condoned, has sometimes been ascribed to a sense of desperation of those who
believe they are guiltless but fear that they cannot prove their innocence. While
we castigate and reprove his jumping bail and remaining at large up to now, we
have to concede, however, that our disquisition in this case is applicable and
favorable to him, hence he is affected by and shall benefit from the acquittal that
we hand down in this appeal.