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PEOPLE vs. Erit, et al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RICARDO ERIT ET AL., defendants. RICARDO ERIT, LEOPOLDO ERIT and PEREGRINO FRANCO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-2301 | 1949-07-11

D E C I S I O N

TUAZON, J p:

A band of five men raided and robbed the house of Eulalio Bedrijo in barrio Matagangtang, municipality of Cataingan, Masbate, on the night of September 16, 1946, killing Bedrijo and carrying away P400 in cash and various articles of personal property worth, according to the information, P200. Four witnesses pointed to Peregrino Franco, Ricardo Erit and Leopoldo Erit, the last two being brothers, as three of the perpetrators of the crime. The witnesses were Edilberto Bedrijo, Eulalio's son, Pablo Morales, Mauricia Catampungan, widow of the deceased, and Pacifico Muertegui. Their testimony is summed up in the...