U.S. v. Brobst, 14 Phil. 310Republic of the PhilippinesSUPREME
COURTManilaEN BN!"ctober #$, 1%0%&.R. No. 4%3$THE UNITED
STATES, plainti'(appellee,vs.JAMES L. BROBST,
)efen)ant(appellant.Kincaid and Hurd for appellant.
Attorney-General Villamor for appellee. CARSON, J.:*he )efen)ant,
+a,es -. Brobst, an) another ,erican na,e) Mann, .ere en/a/e) in
.or0 on a ,ine locate) in the ,unicipalit1 of Masbate, .here the1
/ave e,plo1,ent to a nu,ber of native laborers. Mann )ischar/e) one
of these nu,ber of native laborers. Mann )ischar/e) one of these
laborers na,e) Si,eon Sal)ivar, .arne) hi, not to co,e bac0 on the
pre,ises, an) tol) the )efen)ant not to e,plo1 hi, a/ain, because
he .as a thief an) a )isturbin/ ele,ent .ith the other laborers.fe.
)a1s after.ar)s, so,e ti,e after 2 o3cloc0 on the ,ornin/ of the
10th of +ul1, 1%04, Sal)ivar, in co,pan1.ith three of four others,
.ent to the ,ine to loo0 for .or0. *he )efen)ant, .ho at that ti,e
.as )ressin/ hi,self insi)e his tent, .hich .as erecte) on the
,inin/ propert1, .hen he cau/ht si/ht of Sal)ivar, or)ere) hi, o'
the place, e5clai,in/ in ba) Spanish, "Sigue, Vamus!" 6Be/one7.
Sal)ivar ,a)e no ,ove to leave, an) althou/h the or)er .as
repeate), ,erel1 s,ile) or /rinne) at the )efen)ant, .hereupon the
latter beca,e enra/e), too0 three steps to.ar) Sal)ivar, an) struc0
hi, a po.erful blo. .ithhis close) 8st on the left si)e, 9ust over
the lo.er ribs, at the point .here the han)le of Sal)ivar3s bolo
la1 a/ainst the belt fro, .hich it .as suspen)e). "n bein/ struc0,
Sal)ivar thre. up his han)s, sta//ere). 6dio vueltas : spun aroun)
helplessl17 an) .ithout sa1in/ a .or), .ent a.a1 in the )irection
of his sister3s house, .hich stoo) about #00 1ar)s 6100 braas7
a.a1, an) about 100 feet up the si)e of a hill. ;e )ie) as he
reache) the )oor of the house, an) .as burie) so,e t.o or three
)a1s later.*he trial court foun) the )efen)ant /uilt1 of the cri,e
of ho,ici)e 6!omicidio7, ,ar0e) .ith e5tenuatin/ circu,stances,
)e8ne) in subsections 3 an) 4 of article % of the Penal !o)e, in
that the )efen)ant
