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United States Vs. Tomas Cabanag

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. TOMAS CABANAG, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-3241 | 1907-03-16

D E C I S I O N


TRACEY, J.:

The accused, an Igorot, was convicted in the Court of First Instance of Nueva Vizcaya of the crime of unlawful detention, under article 481 of the Penal Code, which punishes "any private person who shall lock up or detain another or in any way deprive him of his liberty."

An Igorot orphan girl called Gamaya, 13 years of age was taken from the possession of her grandmother, Ultagon, in the rancheria of Anao, in the Province of Nueva Vizcaya, by one Buyag, also an Igorot; whether this was done with or against the will of the grandmother is not altogether clear in the evidence. We accept the version least...