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PEOPLE vs. Celespara

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VIVENCIO CELESPARA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-1908 | 1948-12-17

D E C I S I O N

PERFECTO, J:

The witnesses testified in substance as follows:

1. Sotero Cantong, 20, married, farmer, Mondragon, Samar. - Catalina Cantong, his elder sister, was shot by Vivencio Celespara. At about 8 o'clock in the evening of October 2, 1942, he was taking supper in their house in barrio Agrupacion with his sisters Catalina and one other. "We had just started to take our supper and we heard a noise behind the house. It was a noise produced by simply separating the nipa shingles of the walling of the house. Immediately after we heard a gunshot. After the explosion, I looked from the kitchen where I was and I saw Vivencio...