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People vs. Yabut

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANTONIO YABUT, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 39085 | 1933-09-27

D E C I S I O N

BUTTE, J:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Manila, convicting the appellant of the crime of murder and assessing the death penalty.

The appellant, Yabut, was charged in the Court of First Instance of Manila with the crime of murder upon the following information:
 
"That on or about the 1st day of August, 1932, in the City of Manila, Philippine Islands, the accused Antonio Yabut, then a prisoner serving sentence in the Bilibid Prison, in said city, did then and there, with intent to kill, wilfully, unlawfully, feloniously and treacherously, assault, beat and use personal violence upon...