Decision
People Of The Philippines v. Wasing
G.R. No. L-49044 · 1983-10-12 · MELENCIO-HERRERA, J. · LawPhil
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LAO WAN SING alias CO TIOK alias WASING, defendant-appellant. The Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellee. Ceferino delos Santos, Jr. for defendant-appellant
MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:
The records disclose the following antecedents: In an Information, dated July 10, 1957, Lao Wan Sing alias Go Tick alias Wasing was charged with the crime of Arson in Criminal Case No. 964 of the then Court of First Instance of Aklan, Branch 11, reading as follows: That on or about the 17th day of June, 1956, in the evening, in the poblacion of Kalibo, Province of Aklan, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously set fire to a certain building owned by Lourdes Motus, knowing it to be occupied at the time by persons, thereby exposing human lives to great danger and causing complete destruction of said building and other buildings and properties to the damage and prejudice of their owners and other persons who have interests on said buildings and properties in the amount set opposite their names, to wit: Lourdes L. Motus ........................................................
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24,000.00 Priscilla Quimpo-Magno ................................................. 20,000.00 Federico T. Luces and Trinidad M. Laserna ................ 10,000.00 Antonio Yu .......................................................................
11,301.00 Francisco L. Sin ................................................................ 39,581.73 Chua Eng ........................................................................... 23,769.27 Remedios Regalado .........................................................
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17,380.00 Maria L. Abiera .............................................................. 2,392.90 Dafrosa Martelino .............................................................. 1,760.00