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US vs Tomas Hinto Santos, Et Al.

THE UNITED STATES, complainant-appellee, vs. TOMAS HINTO SANTOS, ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 1175 | 1903-08-27

D E C I S I O N


WILLARD, J.:

On June 1, 1902, a band composed of some twenty-five men (it does not appear clearly whether they were insurgents or brigands, but that is a matter of indifference for the purpose of this decision, armed with guns, revolvers, and bolos, had an encounter, between the towns of Cardona and Binangonan, Rizal Province, with some American cavalry soldiers stationed at Tanay. They succeeded in capturing five of these soldiers and subsequently took them to a place called Mount Aduas. On the road the same band captured Agapito Nicolas and Deogracias Paynon, whom they also carried to Mount Aduas, where the former was...