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PEOPLE vs. Layos

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. TOMAS LAYOS, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 41359 | 1934-10-19

D E C I S I O N


DIAZ, J:

Shortly after midday on September 22, 1933, Daniel Constantino, married to Bernardina Guino, left his house situated at Sirab within the municipality of Albuera of the Province of Leyte, for that of Filomeno Tan, a resident of the municipality of Ormoc, of said province, for the purpose of borrowing some money. He failed to return home and his wife had been waiting vainly for him until the 27th of said month and year. On the latter date, the municipal authorities of Ormoc and the president of the sanitary division to which said municipality belongs, found near the Panilahan River some human bones (a cranium and...