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PEOPLE vs. Lacson

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALFREDO LACSON, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-1900 | 1949-05-09

D E C I S I O N

TUAZON, J p:

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction for robbery with homicide, committing the accused to prison for life, with the accessories of law, and sentencing him to indemnify the heirs of the deceased in the sum of P2,000, to pay them P2,290, which represents the unrecovered amount of the stolen money, and to pay the costs.

Alfredo Lacson, the accused 21 years old at the time of the trial, came from Manila about the middle of April, 1945, to Katipunan, Zamboanga, where his sister and his brother-in-law lived. Buenaventura Guereva, the deceased, a dealer in carabaos, came to Katipunan from Zamboanga City...