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PEOPLE vs. Nicanor Acosta Y Pala 098 Phil 642

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. NICANOR ACOSTA Y PALA alias MATA, ET AL., defendants NICANOR ACOSTA Y PALA alias MATA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-7449 | 1956-03-23

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

This case has been elevated to this Court as prescribed by the Rules so that we may review the sentence of death passed upon the accused Nicanor Acosta y Pala by the Court of First Instance of Manila.

It appears that the said accused was, together with four others, charged in the court below with the crime of robbery With homicide, committed, according to the information, as follows:

"That on or about the 21st day of October, 1953, in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused, conspiring and confederating together and helping one another, did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously, with...