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US vs Elicanal

THE UNITED STATES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. EDUARDO ELICANAL, Defendant-Appellant. Francisco Villanueva, Sr., and Francisco Villanueva, Jr., for appellant. Attorney-General Avanceña for appellee.

G.R. No. L-11439 | 1916-10-28

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court 
Manila

EN BANC

       
MORELAND, J.:

The appellant in this case is one of several persons arrested and convicted of murder. He was sentenced to death and this case comes to this court not only en consulta but by appeal also.

The accused was a member of the crew of the lorcha Cataluña cruising in the waters of the Philippine Islands off Iloilo under the captaincy of Juan Nomo. The first mate was Guillermo Guiloresa. The accused is about 22 years of age, without education or instruction and somewhat weak physically. The lorcha left the mouth of the Iloilo river early in the...