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United States Vs. Santiago Vega, Et Al. 031 Phil 450

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SANTIAGO VEGA ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 10479 | 1916-09-21

D E C I S I O N


TRENT, J.:

The appellants, Santiago Vega, Gabino Vega, Buenaventura del Mundo, Macario Embalsado, Julio Marquinio, Aurelio Dagala, and Benito Bacus, were sentenced to eleven years of imprisonment, to jointly and severally indemnify the injured party in the sum of P2,000 and to pay the costs of the cause for the crime of robbery.

On the night of June 8, 1914, all these appellants together with Pablo Miguela, who was excluded from the complaint to be used as a witness for the Government, proceeded together, each being armed with a bolo, to the tienda of Go Bongco, situated within the jurisdiction of Balingasag, Province...