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PEOPLE vs. P. Tarok

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PONCIANO TAROK, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 47453 | 1941-10-08

D E C I S I O N

LAUREL, J p:

On October 16, 1938, the appellant and his wife (the deceased Inocencia Itok) went to the house of one Sotera Baroro for the purpose of asking the latter permission to extract oil from some of her coconuts. Having been granted permission, Inocencia Itok borrowed a bolo with which to husk the coconuts. When the deceased saw that her husband was not doing anything to help her, she asked one Segundino Itok, son of Sotera Baroro, to assist her in husking the coconuts; whereupon the appellant told the deceased to give him the bolo as he would do the husking himself. On receiving the bolo, the appellant turned on...