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PEOPLE vs. Bucao, et.al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LOPE AMANSEC Y BUCAO ET AL., defendants. LOPE AMANSEC Y BUCAO, appellant.

G.R. No. L-927 | 1948-03-11

D E C I S I O N

PERFECTO, J:
Appellant was found by the lower court guilty of the crime of murder, as punished by article 248 of the Revised Penal Code, and sentenced to reclusion perpetua, and to pay the heirs of the deceased Pedro Intal an indemnity of P2,000, without subsidiary imprisonment, and costs.

The substance of the testimonies of the six witnesses for the prosecution is as follows:

1. Sabas Zapata, 32, married, merchant, 37 Mayhaligue, Manila, testified that on April 10, 1946, at 8 p.m., he was talking with Pedro Intal, Del Mundo and Salas, in front of a barber shop at the corner of Mayhaligue and Narra streets. A weapon...