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United States Vs. German Ramirez

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GERMAN RAMIREZ, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 2208 | 1905-05-05

D E C I S I O N


WILLARD, J.:

The complaint charges the defendant with the robbery of twenty head of cattle, the property of Teodorica Endencia.

That the defendant at the time in question, to wit, November, 1900, in the Island of Mindoro, took twenty head of cattle from the corral of the above-mentioned owner, is admitted by him. The only question is whether that taking was with violence or intimidation.

Sixto Embate was the only eyewitness who testified for the Government. In his first declaration he said that the defendant and a large number of other persons came to the corral during the forenoon of one of the first days of October,...