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US vs Emiliano Cajayon, Et Al.

THE UNITED STATES, complainant-appellee, vs. EMILIANO CAJAYON, ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 981 | 1903-10-08

D E C I S I O N


TORRES, J.:

Between 11 and 12 o'clock at night on the 21st of March, 1901, twelve men, armed with guns and bolos, assaulted the house of Doña Ana Muriel in the town of Lubang, Cavite Province, and stole jewelry, clothing, documents, and some $120 in cash. After having bound Tranquilino Torres, who lived in that house, the assailants took him with them to the barrio of Maliig, near the house of Pedro Villaflores, where they killed him and buried him in a hole dug for that purpose. About five or six days afterwards notices were posted in different parts of the town and on the door of the house which had been...