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United States Vs. Paulino Vallados

THE UNITED STATES, complainant-appellee, vs. PAULINO VALLADOS, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 1580 | 1905-03-27

D E C I S I O N


WILLARD, J.:

We think that the testimony of the witnesses for the Government is to be believed rather than of the defendants and their witnesses, and we hold that Francisco Calvo and his companion, Placido Echanes, being unarmed, were upon a hunting expedition for small birds when they were fired upon by the defendant Paulino Vallados, the result of the one shot being the wounding of Calve and the death of Echanes. We find that Calve and Echanes made no attack upon the defendants and were not attempting to steal the palay which the defendants were guarding.

On the other hand, we believe that the defendants, who were...