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PEOPLE vs. Mauti Lingcuan, Et Al. 093 Phil 9

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MAUTI LINGCUAN and MAMANTUK MAUTI, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-3772 | 1953-05-13

D E C I S I O N


TUASON, J.:

Mauti Lingcuan and Mamantuk Mauti, father and son and appellants, were charged with the crime of murder, it being alleged that in company with Lomangcolob Dimaocom, who was still at large, they shot and killed Gadungan Mantar on March 31, 1949, in barrio Madaya, Municipality of Dansalan, Province of Lanao.

It appears that about 9:00 o'clock on the evening of the above- mentioned date, Gadungan Mantar was sewing or weaving in her home when gunshots rang out outside the house and one of the bullets struck her in the back, from the effects of which she died three days later in a hospital or clinic to which she...