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United States Vs. Timoteo Romero, Et Al. 022 Phil 565

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. TIMOTEO ROMERO ET AL., defendants. TIMOTEO ROMERO, appellant.

G.R. No. 7149 | 1912-07-30

D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J.:

These defendants were charged with the crime of robo en cuadrilla, alleged to have been committed as follows:

"On or about the night of December 28, 1910, the said accused and other parties unknown, all armed with bolos, did maliciously and criminally proceed to the paddy fields of Braulio Carbonel and after employing violence upon the watchman, Prudencia Carpio, and tying up his arms did seize with intent of gain some 10 uyones of Ilocano paddy, worth about P100.

"The deed was committed in the municipality of Cuyapo, Province of Nueva Ecija, P. I., in violation of law."

Immediately after the prosecuting...