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People of the Phil. vs. Eszuilona, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PRIMITIVO ESQUILONA, BERNABE ESQUILONA, and JOSE ESQUILONA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 37378 | 1933-07-29

D E C I S I O N

ABAD SANTOS, J:

The appellants, Primitivo Esquilona, Bernabe Esquilona, and Jose Esquilona were tried by the Court of First Instance of Masbate for the crime of rape. Bernabe Esquilona and Jose Esquilona were found guilty and each sentenced to fourteen years, eight months and one day of reclusion temporal, with the accessories of the law, and to pay his share of the costs. Primitivo Esquilona was ordered confined in the Philippine Training School for boys until he reaches the age of 18 years.

The alleged offended party, Marcela Villar, testified that at about 6 o'clock in the afternoon of October 11, 1931, in the barrio...