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United States Vs. Antonio Bonifacio 034 Phil 65

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANTONIO BONIFACIO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 10563 | 1916-03-02

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J.:

The appellant in this case was charged in the court below with homicidio por imprudencia temeraria (homicide committed with reckless negligence), and was convicted of homicidio committed with simple negligence and sentenced to four months and one day of arresto mayor and to pay the costs of the proceedings.

The information charges the commission of the offense as follows:

"On or about the 31st day of October of the present year, 1913, in the barrio of Santa Rita of the municipality of Batangas, Batangas, the accused, being an engineer and while conducting the freight train which was going to the...