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PEOPLE vs. Olimpio Corpuz and Julian Serquiña

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff and appellee, vs. OLIMPIO CORPUZ alias ALIPIO and JULIAN SERQUINA, defendants and appellants.

G.R. No. L-12718 | 1960-02-24

D E C I S I O N


REYES, J.B.L., J.:

This is an appeal from a decision of the Court ofFirst Instance of Pangasinan convicting defendants-appellants Olimpio Corpuzand Julian Serquiña of murder and sentencing each of them to the penalty of reclusion perpetua; to jointly andseverally indemnify the heirs of the deceased, Juan Tobias, in the sum ofP4,000.00 and to pay proportionally the costs.

A review of the records discloses the followingfacts: .

On the night of May 12, 1953, at around 9 o'clockin barrio San Leon, Balungao, Pangasinan, the occupants of the house of JuanTobias were roused by the barking of dogs. Peeping from the side of...