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United States Vs. Agustin Clemente 022 Phil 277

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. AGUSTIN CLEMENTE, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 6574 | 1912-03-19

D E C I S I O N


MORELAND, J.:

The accused in this case, who is the appellant, was convicted of the crime of homicide committed against a peace officer who was seeking to arrest him at the time. The crime is denominated in Spanish atentado contra los agentes de la autoridad con homicidio. He appealed to this court alleging that the facts of record are not sufficient to support the conviction.

It appears that on or about 7 o'clock of the night of the 12th of October, 1909, three municipal policemen, Hipolito de la Cruz, Martin N. Cruz, and Joaquin Flores, acting under the orders of the provincial governor of Bulacan, Teodoro Sandiko, and...