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PEOPLE vs. Feliciano, Et. Al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CLARO FELICIANO, ET AL., defendants. CLARO FELICIANO and ELIGIO DE LA CRUZ, appellants.

G.R. No. L-337 | 1946-10-25

D E C I S I O N

PERFECTO, J:

Charged with and found guilty by the lower court of the crime of robbery in band with rape, accused Claro Feliciano and Eligio de la Cruz come to this court on appeal.

The crime was committed in Sto. Rosario, a remote barrio in the municipality of Sto. Domingo, Nueva Ecija, on August 6, 1945. Living in the house where it was committed were Vicente del Rosario, his son Antonio, the latter's wife Liwayway de Guzman, and the small child of Atonio and Liwayway. Not long before, Vicente del Rosario and his son sold a piece of land for P1,500 and a calesa for P1,050.

According to the testimony of the three...