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United States Vs. Francisco De La Cruz, Et Al.

THE UNITED STATES, complainant-appellee, vs. FRANCISCO DE LA CRUZ ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 1480 | 1904-02-16

D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J.:

The defendants in this case each case were charged with the crime of bandolerismo.

The evidence shows that the said defendants and each of them had been for some months prior to the month of February, 1903, members of the volunteers; that they, with twenty-two others, deserted from the said volunteers in the month of February, 1903; that at the time of their desertion they took with them their guns and some ammunition; that each of the three accused were, at different times, found in a band in the mountains, which band was proven to be a band of brigands; that on several occasions these accused, together...