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PEOPLE vs. Segundo Badilla, Et Al. 048 Phil 718

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SEGUNDO BADILLA, ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 23792 | 1926-02-17

D E C I S I O N


OSTRAND, J.:

In the evening of March 7, 1924, Pedro Ferrer, justice of the peace of the municipality of Sagay, Occidental Negros, was fatally wounded in the house of one Leocadia Desamparado, who stated that she had inflicted the fatal wound in defense of her honor. She was immediately arrested and two days later, while still in prison, made a confession implicating Segundo Badilla, Restituto Tupas, Julian Domingo, Quirino Araez, and Jovito Carmales in the commission of the crime. The persons mentioned were thereupon arrested and on the following day, March 10, Julian Domingo and Jovito Carmales confessed that they were...