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United States Vs. Facundo Bardelas

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FACUNDO BARDELAS, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 5291 | 1910-03-22

D E C I S I O N


ARELLANO, C.J.:

On the night of June 2, 1908, in a barrio of the municipality of San Pablo, La Laguna, Facundo Bardelas wounded Simeon Belen with cutting weapon, as a result of which the latter died few hours after he was taken to a house near the place of the occurrence. On expert examination it was found that Simeon Belen had a stab would on the inner front part of the left arm above the elbow, running downward and backward; the said wound was 13 centimeters long and 5 centimeters deep, the humeral artery, the superficial and internal veins, and the median nerve of the region being severed. The physician who made the...