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People of the Phil. Islands vs. Buan, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CHUA BUAN, CHENG HIAP, PROTACIO SUGAPONG, ALFONSO DE LA PAZ, PABLO MU?ERA, and ANASTACIO FAJARDO, defendants. ALFONSO DE LA PAZ PABLO MU?ERA, and ANASTACIO FAJARDO, appellants.

G.R. No. 37185 | 1933-12-13

D E C I S I O N

ABAD SANTOS, J:

Appellants Alfonso de la Paz, Pablo Muñera and Anastacio Fajardo, together with Chua Buan, Cheng Hiap, and Protacio Sugapong, were charged in the Court of First Instance of Manila, with the crime of robbery in an uninhabited house. Upon being arraigned, they pleaded not guilty, In due time the case was tried. After the prosecution had rested, counsel for the defendant Cheng Hiap moved for the dismissal of the case as regards said defendant. This motion having been denied, Cheng Hiap withdrew his plea of not guilty and substituted therefor a plea of guilty as an accessory.

Upon the evidence...