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United States Vs. Zoilo Del Castillo 040 Phil 651

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ZOILO DEL CASTILLO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 15453 | 1920-01-13

D E C I S I O N


TORRES, J .:

Upon an information filed on July 29, 1918, with the Court of First Instance of Bulacan by the provincial fiscal accusing Zoilo del Castillo of the crime of murder, the present cause was instituted and, on October 18, 1918, judgment was rendered therein condemning the accused, as author of the crime of homicide, to suffer 14 years, 8 months and 1 day of reclusion temporal, to indemnify the family of the deceased in the sum of P500 and to pay the costs. From this judgment counsel for the accused appealed.

It appears that on July 16, 1918, about 5 p. m., Zoilo del Castillo appeared in the store of Juana de la...