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G.R. No. 1021 G.R. No. 1021 : March 14, 1903 THE UNITED STATES, complainant-appellee, vs. FRANCISCO LESCANO, defendant-appellant. W. L. Wright, for appellant. Office of the Solicitor-General Araneta, for appellee. COOPER, J.: Francisco Lescano is charged with the offense of theft committed in the following manner: That Don Ramon Panlilio left in his carromata upon…

G.R. No. 1017 G.R. No. 1017 : March 21, 1903 THE UNITED STATES, complainant-appellee, vs. GUILLERMO VILLANUEVA, defendant-appellant. Eusebio Orense, for appellant. Office of the Solicitor-General Araneta, for appellee. TORRES, J.: On the night of July 9, 1902, while Juana Aguinaldo was going up the stairway of her house in the town of San Mateo,…

G.R. No. 1010 G.R. No. 1010 : March 19, 1903 THE UNITED STATES, complainant-appellee, vs. JUAN FERIA, ET AL., defendants-appellants. Jose Felix Martinez for appellants. Solicitor-General Araneta, for appellee. TORRES, J.: About midday on the 12th of November, 1901, Evaristo Perez, a member of the municipal police of San Isidro, accompanied by Valentin Ramos, a…

G.R. No. 1006 G.R. No. 1006 : March 30, 1903 THE UNITED STATES, complainant-appellee, vs. NAZARIO ALHAMBRA, ET AL., defendants-appellants. C. J., Andruss, for appellants. Solicitor-General Araneta, for appellee. MAPA, J.: Counsel for the defendants has petitioned the court to grant the defendants the benefit of the amnesty. This raises a question which, if decided…

G.R. No. 1000 G.R. No. 1000 : March 6, 1903 THE UNITED STATES, complainant-appellee, vs. CARLOS SANTIAGO, ET AL., defendants-appellants. Fernando de la Cantera, for appellants. Office of the Solicitor-General Araneta, for appellee. COOPER, J.: Santiago Solitario, Carlos Santiago, and Jacinto Alfonso were charged with the crime of illegal detention stated as committed in the…

G.R. No. 955 G.R. No. 955 : March 7, 1903 RAMON CHAVES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RAMON NERY LINAN, defendant-appellant. Felipe G. Calderon, for appellant. Early and Levering, for appellee. TORRES, J.: The judgment impugned in the aforesaid bill of exceptions, presented by defendant, orders among other things the exclusion from the liquidations therein admitted of the…

G.R. No. 948 G.R. No. 948 : March 9, 1903 THE UNITED STATES, complainant-appellee, vs. MACARIO CALLOTES, defendant-appellant. Catalino Arevalo, for appellant. Office of the Solicitor-General Araneta, for appellee. LADD, J.: The evidence shows that on the evening of September 11, 1901, six armed men entered the convent of the pueblo of Bagoc, Bataan, intimidated…

G.R. No. 911 G.R. No. 911 : March 12, 1903 MAXIMO CORTES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. JOSE PALANCA YU-TIBO, defendant-appellant. Felipe G. Calderon, for appellant. Simplicio del Rosario, for appellee. MAPA, J.: This suit was brought to obtain an injunction, in accordance with the provisions of section 162 to 172 of the Code of Civil Procedure, for…

G.R. No. 893 G.R. No. 893 : March 18, 1903 I. O. CONCHEGULL, plaintiff-appellant, vs. JOSEPH B. HYAMS, defendant-appellee. Robert S. McDonough and Walton J. Wood, for appellant. W. L. Wright, for appellee. WILLARD, J.: The plaintiff, the owner of a horse, harness, and calesa, arranged a raffle for the purpose of disposing of them.…

G.R. No. 866 G.R. No. 866 : March 11, 1903 THE UNITED STATES, complainant-appellee, vs. APOLONIO SAMSON, defendant-appellant. Basilio R. Mapa, for appellant. Office of the Solicitor-General Araneta, for appellee. MAPA, J.: The accused is charged with the formation of a secret society with political purposes, and his counsel has filed in this court a…