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United States Vs. Alejandro Agatea 040 Phil 596

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALEJANDRO AGATEA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 15177 | 1919-12-18

D E C I S I O N


MALCOLM, J .:

This case of parricide, together with a case of asesinato 1 with which it was jointly tried, relating to the cold-blooded murder of the wife and her sister by the husband, has been elevated to this court by reason of the death penalty imposed by the Court of First Instance sitting at Zamboanga, Mindanao.

The motive for the horrible crime is found in the illicit infatuation of the accused Alejandro Agatea for Lorenza Fernando, his young sister-in-law, who had insinuated that if the wife was out of the way, it would be possible for them (the accused and his paramour) to live together. Having tasted of the...