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PEOPLE Vs. Manuel Beronilla 096 Phil 566

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MANUEL BERONILLA, FILIPINO VELASCO, POLICARPO PACULDO, and JACINTO ADRIATICO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-4445 | 1955-02-28

D E C I S I O N


REYES, J.B.L. J.:

This is an appeal by accused Manuel Beronilla, Policarpo Paculdo, Filipino Velasco, and Jacinto Adriatico from the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Abra (Criminal Case No. 70) convicting them of murder for the execution of Arsenio Borjal in the evening of April 18, 1945, in the town of La Paz, Province of Abra.

Arsenio Borjal was the elected mayor of La Paz, Abra, at the outbreak of war, and continued to serve as Mayor during the Japanese occupation, until March 10, 1943, when he moved to Bangued because of an attempt upon his life by unknown persons. On December 18, 1944, appellant Manuel...