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United States Vs. Pedro Dela Cruz, Et Al.

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PEDRO DELA CRUZ and FELIX SORIANO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-5871 | 1910-12-17

D E C I S I O N


TORRES, J.:

On the night of August 1, 1909, Pedro de la Cruz, a sergeant of Scouts, Felix Soriano, and another man, afterwards found to be Alejo Root, both Scouts, went to the house of the Chinaman, Juan Marquez; the two first named entered the house and inquired for two individuals, mestizos with mustaches who, they said, had insulted Sergeant Cruz. These two men sought were Primo Avedillo and Cirilo Enriquez and they had been in the said house a few moments before. The landlord's daughters, Elena and Valentina Marquez, told the searchers that Avedillo and Enriquez had already gone, so the said Cruz and Soriano left,...