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Provincial Fiscal of Ilocos Norte vs. De Los Sanatos, et al

THE PROVINCIAL FISCAL OF ILOCOS NORTE, petitioner, vs. CEFERINO DE LOS SANTOS, VICENTE SANTIAGO, PATRICIO CENIZA, ZOILO HILARIO, BERNABE DE AQUINO and LUIS ORTEGA, in their capacities as members of the Second Guerilla Amnesty Commission, and JULIO ACOSTA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-2502 | 1949-12-01

D E C I S I O N

PARAS, J p:

The herein respondent Julio Acosta was prosecuted in five cases for murder and in two cases for murder with arson. In due time he filed with the Second Guerrilla Amnesty Commission (for the provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra and La Union), consisting of respondent Judges Ceferino de los Santos, Vicente Santiago and Patricio Ceniza, a petition for amnesty under Proclamation No. 8 of the President of the Philippines dated September 7, 1946. After hearing, the Second Guerrilla Amnesty Commission rendered a decision, dated June 9, 1947, and actually received by the clerk of the Court of First Instance of...