People vs. Lol-Lo and Saraw 43 Phil. 19

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PEOPLE vs. LOL-LO AND SARAW 43 PHIL. 19 FACTS: On or about June 30, 1920, six vintas intercepted two Dutch boats which was on its way between the islands of Buang and Bukid in the Dutch East Indies. The six vintas were manned by 24 armed Moros. The dutch boats were carrying men, women and children. At first, the Moros asked for food, but once on the Dutch boats, took for themselves all the vessel’s cargo, attacked some of the men and brutally violated 2 of the women by methods too horrible to be described. All of the persons on the boat, with the exception of the 2 young women, were again placed on it and holes were made on it and holes were made on it, with the idea that it would submerge. Two of the Moro pirates, late identified as Lol-lo and Saraw later returned to Tawi-tawi, Sulu where they were arrested. STATE: Piracy. ACCUSED: The offense charged was not within the jurisdiction of the CFI of Sulu nor any court of the Philippine Islands, and that the facts did not constitute a public offense, under the laws in force in the Philippine Islands. HELD: It cannot be contended with any degree of force that the CFI of Sulu was without jurisdiction on the case. Piracy is a crime not against any particular state but against all mankind. It may be punished in the competent tribunal of any country where the offender may be found or into which he may be carried. Nor does it matter that the crime was committed within the jurisdictional 3-mile limit of a foreign state. The crime of piracy was accompanied by rape and the abandonment of persons without means of saving themselves. LOl-lo was penalized with death by being hanged until dead while Saraw were penalized with life

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