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PEOPLE vs. Tia Fong 098 Phil 609

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. TIA FONG alias AH SAM, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-7615 | 1956-03-14

D E C I S I O N


LABRADOR, J.:

This is an appeal by Tia Fong alias Ah Sam against a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Misamis Oriental finding the said Ah Sam, Maximo Alcantar, Florencio Bahala and Rufino Palarca guilty of homicide and sentencing each of them to suffer the indeterminate penalty of from eight (8) years and one (1) day of prision mayor to fourteen (14) years and eight (8) months of reclusion temporal, to indemnify the heirs of the deceased Lian Kaw in the amount of P3,000 and to pay the costs. Only the said Ah Sam has appealed.

It appears that early in the morning of February 21, 1950 the Municipal Mayor of...