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People vs. Moreno

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MIGUEL N. MORENO (alias CAPTAIN MORENO), defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-1441 | 1949-04-07

D E C I S I O N

PERFECTO, J p:

At the outbreak of the war in 1941 appellant was serving sentence in the San Ramon Penal Farm where he was assigned as assistant chief of the machinery and engineering division. He says that he was also designated by USAFFE Major Pitcher to take charge of the observation squadron of the Penal Colony, and, as such observer, he was ordered, together with the superintendent of the institution, Severo Yap, to burn the wharf in Recodo, get some machinery and truck nearby and bring them to San Ramon. At the time there was a jail break and so he, together with some guards, was ordered to apprehend the escapees....