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People Of The Phil. Islands Vs. Catalino Pengzon 044 Phil 224

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CATALINO PENGZON, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 19237 | 1922-12-23

D E C I S I O N


STREET, J.:

This appeal has been brought to reverse a judgment of the Court of First Instance of the Province of Bulacan finding the appellant, Catalino Pengzon, guilty of the offense of murder, committed on the night of November 8, 1920, upon the person of one Federico Beltran, in the municipality of San Miguel, Province of Bulacan, and sentencing the appellant to undergo imprisonment for twenty years, cadena temporal, with the accessories provided by law, to indemnify the heir s of the deceased in the sum of P1,000, and to pay the costs.

The offense which is the subject of prosecution in this case had its origin in a...