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United States Vs. Vicente Reyes, Et Al.

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICENTE REYES and SEVERO JAVIER, defendants. SEVERO JAVIER, appellant.

G.R. No. 5111 | 1909-08-18

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J.:

The defendants in this case were charged with the crime of homicide, committed as follows:

"That on or about the 21st day of August, 1908, in the city of Manila, Philippine Islands, the said Vicente Reyes and Severo Javier did then and there, willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously, in the nighttime, engage in a tumultuous affray with Pedro Legaspi, Jose de la Cruz, and others whose names are unknown, and did then and there strike and beat the said Pedro Legaspi on the head and body with a dangerous and deadly weapon, to wit, a heavy club of wood, then there inflicting upon the head and body of said Pedro...