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PEOPLE vs. Noble

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ISABELO NOBLE, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-288 G.R. No. L-288 | 1946-08-29

D E C I S I O N

TUASON, J:

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction for murder The defendant, who, before arraignment, expressed through his counsel willingness to plead guilty to simple homicide if the provincial fiscal would amend the information accordingly, seeks absolute acquittal on appeal, claiming that he acted in defense of his sister's honor.

A brief statement of the background of the crime in so far as the facts are uncontroverted or established without serious dispute may be in order.

George F. Ott, a private in the United States Army, with two other American soldiers, took Consolacion Noble, a widow, 50 years old;...