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United States vs. Panglima Indanan 24 Phil 203

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PANGLIMA INDANAN, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 8187 | 1913-01-29

D E C I S I O N 

MORELAND, J.: 

An appeal from a judgment convicting the appellant of the crime of murder, and sentencing him to be hanged. 

The accused was at the time of the commission of the crime, the headman of Parang. The proofs tend to demonstrate that on the 24th day of March, 1912, the accused send Induk to bring to the house of the accused one Sariol. The following day, Induk, in obedience to the orders, brought Sariol to the house, whereupon the accused ordered the witnesses, Akiran and Suhuri, to tie Sariol. They obeyed the order in the presence of the accused, who was at the time lying upon a bed in the room. This...