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United States Vs. Francisco Balaba 037 Phil 260

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRANCISCO BALABA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 12392 | 1917-12-04

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J.:

Sentence of death having been imposed upon Francisco Balaba in the Court of First Instance of the Province of Agusan, the record of the proceedings had in the court below is before us en consulta, in accordance with the law made and provided in such cases.

The information charges the accused with the crime of triple asesinato (triple murder) in the following language:

"The undersigned fiscal charges Francisco Balaba, the above-mentioned accused, with the crime of triple murder, committed as follows:

"That, on or about the 29th of February, 1916, in the municipality of Cabadlaran, Province of Agusan,...