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People vs. Silvestre, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROMANA SILVESTRE AND MARTIN ATIENZA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 35748 | 1931-12-14

D E C I S I O N


VILLA-REAL, J:

Martin Atienza and Romana Silvestre appeal to this court from the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Bulacan convicting them upon the information of the crime of arson as follows: The former as principal by direct participation, sentenced to fourteen years, eight months, and one day of cadena temporal, in accordance with paragraph 2 of article 550, Penal Code; and the latter as accomplice, sentenced to six years and one day of presidio mayor; and both are further sentenced to the accessories of the law, and to pay each of the persons whose houses were destroyed by the fire, jointly and severally, the...