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ited States Vs. Juan De La Cruz, Et Al.

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JUAN DE LA CRUZ, ET .AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 4740 | 1908-11-18

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J.:

At about 10 o clock on the night of the 30th of October, 1907, a band, composed of not less than five persons, two of whom, the appellants in this case, were armed with revolvers, one with a bolo, and the others with clubs, entered the town of Jaen, where they met one Fortunato Jimenez who, with his wife and sister, was on his way to visit a neighbor's house. With threats of violence the band obliged Jimenez and his party to return to his house, and upon arriving there, Timoteo Dizon, one of the band, went up into the house with Jimenez, and threatening him with a revolver, demanded P500. Jimenez had no...