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People Vs. Manuel Gallardo

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MANUEL GALLARDO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-12080 | 1961-01-28

D E C I S I O N 


CONCEPCION, J.: 

Manuel Gallardo and Pascual Gallardo were accused in the Court of First Instance of Nueva Ecija of the crime of murder. After due trial under a plea of not guilty, said court rendered a decision dated October 21, 1955, acquitting, Pascual Gallardo for insufficiency of the evidence, but convicting Manuel Gallardo of said offense and sentencing him to "reclusion temporal", to indemnify Fortunata Gisera, as "the only heir of Basilisa de Lota", in the sum of P6,000.00, and to pay one-half of the costs. By an order dated November 15, 1955, the dispositive part of said decision was amended so that the...