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PEOPLE vs. Vergara

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MAXIMO VERGARA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-1804 | 1948-12-02

D E C I S I O N

PERFECTO, J:

Appellant Maximo Vergara is charged with the crime of robbery with homicide, committed in Calabanga, Camarines Sur, on June 27, 1943, causing the death of Amando de los Santos.

Macario Vergara was also charged with the same crime in the same information, but he was acquitted by the trial court. Appellant Maximo Vergara was found guilty and sentenced to reclusion perpetua and its accessories, to indemnify the heirs of Amando de los Santos in the sum of P2,000 and in the sum of
P447.35, value of the stolen articles, plus the proportional part of the costs.

The three witnesses for the prosecution testified in...