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PEOPLE vs. Urbano Viray, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. URBANO VIRAY, ET AL., defendants. FELIPE BAUTISTA, MARCIAL MARIKIT and BENITO BITUIN, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-3773 | 1953-01-02

D E C I S I O N


MONTEMAYOR, J.:

In the Court of First Instance of Laguna Felipe Bautista, Marcial Marikit and Benito Bituin together with others were charged with kidnapping with illegal detention said to have been committed on the person of Leopoldo Salazar on July 5, 1949. The three above-mentioned were found guilty and sentenced to reclusion perpetua with the accessories of the law and to pay the costs. They are appealing from said decision.

We may consider the following facts to be admitted or not disputed, in July, 1949, Leopoldo Salazar, a more or less prosperous farmer was cultivating his lands, some sugar cane lands thru...