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United States vs. Baluyot

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSE I. BALUYOT, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-14476 | 1919-11-06

EN BANC
DECISION

STREET, J.:

This cause has been brought to the Supreme Court upon an appeal prosecuted by Jose I. Baluyot from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of the Province of Bataan, convicting him of the crime of murder, committed August 3, 1918, upon the person of Conrado Lerma, governor of said province, and sentencing him to undergo the penalty of death, to indemnify the heirs of the deceased in the sum of P1,000, and to pay the costs.

At the general election which was held on June 6, 1916, Conrado Lerma was elected governor of the Province of Bataan. One of his competitors upon this occasion was the accused, Jose I. Baluyot,...