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Philippine Supreme Court Jurisprudence > Year 1911 > December 1911 Decisions > G.R. No. 6868 December 14, 1911 - UNITED STATES v. PEDRO IGLESIA, ET AL

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PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

FIRST DIVISION

[G.R. No. 6868. December 14, 1911.]

THE UNITED STATES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PEDRO IGLESIA and JUAN VALDEZ, Defendants-Appellants.

Servillano Platon for Appellants.

Attorney-General Villamor for Appellee.

SYLLABUS


1. RAPE; SUFFICIENCY OF PROOF; AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES. — Held: Under the facts stated in the opinion, that the accused were guilty of the crime of rape, committed with the aggravating circumstances of astucia, despoblado and ignominia, and should be punished in the maximum degree of reclusion temporal.


D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J.:


The defendants were charged with the crime of violacion, alleged to have been committed as follows:jgc:chanrobles.com.ph

"On or about March 29 of the present year the said accused did maliciously and criminally pretend to be detectives and proceed to the house of Dorotea de la Cruz and take therefrom herself and her husband, Santos Pascual, under the pretext of conducting them to the town hall; but instead of doing so, conducted them to a remote and solitary spot and there by means of force and intimidation the two accused alternately lay with the said Dorotea de la Cruz and kept watch over her husband, who was removed from the place where the woman was."cralaw virtua1aw library

The Hon. Julio Llorente, judge, after hearing the evidence, found the defendants each guilty of the crime charged in the complaint, and sentenced each of them to be imprisoned, considering the aggravating circumstances of astucia and despoblado, and the extenuating circumstance of race, for a period of fourteen years eight months and one day of reclusion temporal; to indemnify, jointly and severally, Dorotea de la Cruz, in the sum of P500, and each to pay one-half the costs.

From that sentence the defendants appealed to this court. The only question presented here is a question of fact, relating to the sufflciency of the evidence.

After a careful consideration of the evidence, the lower court made the following finding of facts:jgc:chanrobles.com.ph

"Early in the evening of March 29, 1910, that is, about 8 o’clock, the herein accused, Pedro Iglesia being armed with a revolver, appeared at the house of Santos Pascual and pretending to be detectives required him to exhibit his personal cedula. Besides his wife, two other women, Inocencia Fernandez and Marcela Jose, lived in Santos Pascual’s house. The accused asked these two women where their husbands were, and, when they answered that they were away, Pedro Iglesia caught Inocencia Fernandez around the waist but she resisted such seizure and in the confusion escaped and took refuge in a neighboring house. The accused who had demanded Santos Pascual’s personal cedula, took possession of it and made him and his wife go with them, under the pretext of conducting them to the town; but on reaching a solitary spot, called Nagtuturican, Juan Valdez separated the husband from his wife and Pedro Iglesia, who then threatened her, Dorotea de la Cruz, with the revolver and, after gagging her, forcibly lay with her. When his evil designs had been accomplished, Pedro Iglesia went to watch the husband and Juan Valdez did likewise forcibly lay with Dorotea de la Cruz. Juan Valdez took Dorotea de la Cruz to the town, but upon approaching the railway station he was caught by the teniente of the barrio. Pedro Iglesia was arrested by the police in Nagtuturican itself."cralaw virtua1aw library

The Attorney-General in his brief, makes a careful analysis of the evidence and recommends that the sentence of the lower court be affirmed.

The lower court, in sentencing the defendants took into consideration the aggravating circumstances of astucia and despoblado, with the extenuating circumstance of article 11 of the Penal Code. After a careful examination of the evidence and considering the circumstances surrounding the commission of the crime and the character of the defendants, we are of the opinion that they are not entitled to the benefit of the extenuating circumstance of article 11 of the Penal Code. It is difficult to imagine how men who call themselves men could secure the consent of their consciences to commit a crime in the manner in which these defendants committed the crime with which they are charged. In addition to the aggravating circumstances taken into consideration by the lower court, we are of the opinion that the aggravating circumstance of "ignominia," provided for in paragraph 12 of article 10 of the Penal Code, should be considered as an aggravating circumstance. Considering the three aggravating circumstances of astucia, despoblado and ignominia, and the absence of any extenuating circumstances, we are of the opinion that the sentence of the lower court should be modified and that each of the defendants should be sentenced to be imprisoned for a period of seventeen years four months and one day of reclusion temporal, to indemnify Dorotea de la Cruz, jointly and severally, in the sum of P500, with the accessories of the law, each to pay one-half the costs. So ordered.

Arellano, C.J., Moreland and Trent, JJ., concur.




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