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PEOPLE vs. Antonio Cruz 103 Phil 693

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANTONIO CRUZ, LUCIO MOLDES, BALDOMERO RUBILLOS and EMILIANO SALDIVIA, defendants. ANTONIO CRUZ, LUCIO MOLDES and BALDOMERO RUBILLOS, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-8776 | 1958-05-19

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

Defendants Antonio Cruz alias Tony Cruz, Lucio Moldes, and Baldomero Rubillos are appealing from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Tacloban, Leyte, finding them guilty of the crime of robbery with homicide, with aggravating circumstances, and sentencing them to the penalty of death, to indemnify jointly and severally the heirs of the deceased (Mariano de Guzman) in the sum of P6,000.00, and each to pay one-fourth of the costs.

The following facts are not disputed. In the morning of May 12, 1954, the barrio lieutenant of Tagpuro notified the police authorities of Tacloban City (Leyte) about the...