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PEOPLE vs. Munoz

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FORTUNATO MUNOZ (alias FORTUNATO VIZCARRA), defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-880 | 1947-12-17

D E C I S I O N

PERFECTO, J:

The substance of the testimonies of the eight witnesses for the prosecution is as follows:

1. Adelaida Villareyes, 25, single, resident of Bamban, Tarlac, testified that in September, 1943, she was in Tapuak, Bamban, with the Americans Captain Bruce and lt. James Hart, and Zinghine, and a Filipino named Jose Raagas. They were in their hideout in a small hut. There were plenty of tall grasses and bamboo thicket. Captain Bruce was forming a guerrilla organization. "I was the supply officer and I was nursing them." At 5 o'clock in the morning of September 3, 1943, the hideout was raided by Japanese constabulary and...