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United States Vs. Francisco Laguna Et Al.

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRANCISCO LAGUNA ET AL., defendants. ---- FRANCISCO LAGUNA, appellant.

G.R. No. L-5533 | 1910-12-20

D E C I S I O N


MORELAND, J.:

The defendant in this case was found "guilty of the crime of robbery, with violation and intimidation of the person, with resulting homicide, as the said crime is defined and penalized by article 502 in connection with paragraph 1 of article 503 of the Penal Code," and was sentenced to death. The case comes before us en consulta.

The first question presented for our consideration on this appeal is one of the fact, arising from the claim of the accused that the facts proved are not sufficient to warrant a conviction.

The court below found that ----

"On the 26th day of August, 1904, a young woman by the...