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United States Vs. Basiliso Bastas, Et Al.

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BASILISO BASTAS and DIONISIO DE LA SERNA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 2322 | 1905-11-10

D E C I S I O N


TORRES, J.:

On November 20, 1903, the provincial fiscal charged the accused, Basiliso Bastas and Dionisio de la Serna, in the Court of First Instance in Cebu, with the crime of murder committed as follows: One night in the month of June, 1903, in the barrio of Labangon, of the municipality of Cebu, Island of Cebu, the accused, armed with bolos willfully and treacherously inflicted certain wounds upon Venancio Araneta, as a result of which the latter died, all contrary to law.
The case having been duly tried, judgment was rendered December 10, 1903, sentencing each of the accused to twenty years imprisonment (cadena...