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United States Vs. Go Foo Suy, Et Al. 025 Phil 187

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GO FOO SUY and GO JANCHO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 8217 | 1913-09-05

D E C I S I O N


TRENT, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Cebu, sentencing the appellants, Go Foo Suy and Go Jancho, each to eight years and one day of cadena temporal, to the accessory penalties provided by law, and to the payment of one-fifth of the costs of the cause for the crime of frustrated arson. The complaint in this case also included Go Juat Chiong, Go Cho Jim, and Go Quip as defendants, the first two being acquitted by the court and the last not having been apprehended at the time of the trial.

On the night of February 24, 1912, house No. 30 on Calle Norte America of the city of Cebu was...