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US vs Honorio De Jesus

THE UNITED STATES, complainant-appellee, vs. HONORIO DE JESUS, ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-1190 | 1903-09-24

D E C I S I O N


TORRES, J.:

On July 11, 1902, shortly after 8 o\'clock in the evening, while Ramon Osete was in his dining room taking supper with his family, three men suddenly entered the house. One of them remained on the stairway near the dining room. The other two, who were armed with bolos, after warning the people in the room not to move or cry out under pain of death, immediately attacked Osete. Several slashes were given him with the bolos which they carried, causing some fifteen more or less serious wounds on the head, face, arms, and other parts of Osete s body, as a result of which he died on the 20th of August following....