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PEOPLE vs. Julio Diwa 089 Phil 170

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JULIO DIWA, ET AL., defendants. JULIO DIWA, LEOPOLDO DIWA, FRANCISCO DIWA, CATALINO PAMINTUAN, CORNELIO GARCIA, ROBERTO SANTIAGO, ANDRES PRUNA, FERNANDO CRUZ, and VENANCIO BATAC, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-2552 | 1951-05-30

D E C I S I O N


REYES, J.:

In the afternoon of January 14, 1947, Marcelo Laquian was killed by the Huks in his farm in Dinalupihan, Bataan, allegedly at the instigation and with the connivance of his tenants. For this killing 23 persons were prosecuted for murder in the Court of First Instance of the province. Six of the accused were unknown or unidentified and were not apprehended. Of the remaining seventeen, one (Sergio Manuel) had eluded capture, another (Albino Sabino) died before trial, two (Gaudencio Nuqui and Leonardo Sanchez) were dropped from the case for insufficiency of evidence, and one (Victoriano Manacmul) was discharged...