G.R. No.

L-13251             October 8,
1918
THE UNITED STATES
vs.
BUTAG, EREC, CUSIDON,
DUMAUA, BANGAYAN,
GURENGAD, GALADI, LEGUE,
BEGUING, ET AL.
 
MALCOLM, J.:
FACTS: A considerable band of
Kalingas, out of a head-hunting
expedition, set upon and decapitated
two women, a man, and a boy.
ISSUE: What aggravating
circumstances were present?
HELD: The aggravating
circumstances that the crime was
committed by a band of more than
three armed men, and in disregard of
the age and sex of the deceased,
one being a boy of twelve years of
age, and two, women.

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