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ited States Vs. Lupo Cortes, Et Al.

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LUPO CORTES, MATEO CAYANAN, and ALFONSA DE LA CRUZ, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 4814 | 1908-12-21

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J.:

Lupo Cortes, Mateo Caynan, and Alfonsa de la Cruz were convicted by the trial court of the crime of robo con homicidio (robbery accompanied by the unlawful taking of human life), the two former as principals and the latter as encubridora (accessory after the fact). All the defendants appealed, but Lupo Cortes having withdrawn his appeal with the consent of this court on October 24, 1908, the judgment and sentence thereupon became final as to him.

On the 8th of October, 190~, within the municipality of Santa Rita, in the Province of Pampanga, Lupo Cortes and Mateo Cayanan, in company with a certain Estanislao...