Recorded use of swords in legal history (jurisprudence)
Mar 2, 2017 4:57:20 GMT
Post by Croccifixio on Mar 2, 2017 4:57:20 GMT
While working, I stumbled upon a couple of cases that were quite interesting and involved the use of Filipino bolos or short swords/machetes. Since it's lunchtime, I'll try to dig some more stuff up. I remember reading a case about an actual fight with swords (2 versus 2). Here are some interesting excerpts:
Do not Drink and Talk about Cocks
At about 5 o'clock in the afternoon of February 10, 1930, four individuals, namely, Vedasto Pancho, the accused, Catalino Aurigue, the deceased, Romualdo Solis, and Ambrosio Pacatang, were together in the kitchen at the home of Romualdo Solis, resident of Jimenez, in Occidental Misamis. The four appear to have been engaged in drinking tuba. In the course of the talk that ensued upon this occasion, Catalino Aurigue told Pancho that he had adjusted the blade loosely on a fighting cock belonging to Catalino. Vedasto replied that if he had put the blade on loosely, Catalino's rooster would not have won. Catalino continued to express his dissatisfaction, asserting that Vedasto's method of adjusting the blade was objectionable. Vedasto thereupon told Catalino to shut up. Upon this Catalino flew into a rage and reached under the stove for his bolo. With this he struck at Pancho, inflicting, it is claimed, a wound on the calf of Pancho's left leg. In the struggle that resulted Pancho succeeded in snatching the bolo from Catalino's hands. At the same time Pancho drew back. Catalino, however, pressed the attack, attempting to get the bolo back, whereupon Pancho, fearing that Catalino might recover the weapon, struck a blow upon Catalino's left arm; and as Catalino again threw himself upon Pancho, the latter dodged and delivered another blow with the bolo upon Catalino's forehead inflicting a slight wound. Catalino then seized Pancho's right hand, but with great effort Pancho disengaged his hand and gave another cut with the bolo, wounding Catalino on the face and forehead. This wound involved, but not deeply, Catalino's left eye. Catalino then fell to the floor and the contest ended, while Pancho handed the bolo to Romualdo Solis. It appears that Catalino was the larger and stronger of the two contestants, and also that the two were related by marriage. The only wound that could be considered at all dangerous was the one which involved the left eye. This wound was about 4 inches in length and 1 1/2 decimeters deep. The left eyeball was injured and the cut extended into the left side of the nose. Death resulted four days later from infection and hemorrhage.
(People v. Pancho, G.R. No. 35523, [February 13, 1932], 56 PHIL 516-519)
Do not Drink and Talk about Cocks
At about 5 o'clock in the afternoon of February 10, 1930, four individuals, namely, Vedasto Pancho, the accused, Catalino Aurigue, the deceased, Romualdo Solis, and Ambrosio Pacatang, were together in the kitchen at the home of Romualdo Solis, resident of Jimenez, in Occidental Misamis. The four appear to have been engaged in drinking tuba. In the course of the talk that ensued upon this occasion, Catalino Aurigue told Pancho that he had adjusted the blade loosely on a fighting cock belonging to Catalino. Vedasto replied that if he had put the blade on loosely, Catalino's rooster would not have won. Catalino continued to express his dissatisfaction, asserting that Vedasto's method of adjusting the blade was objectionable. Vedasto thereupon told Catalino to shut up. Upon this Catalino flew into a rage and reached under the stove for his bolo. With this he struck at Pancho, inflicting, it is claimed, a wound on the calf of Pancho's left leg. In the struggle that resulted Pancho succeeded in snatching the bolo from Catalino's hands. At the same time Pancho drew back. Catalino, however, pressed the attack, attempting to get the bolo back, whereupon Pancho, fearing that Catalino might recover the weapon, struck a blow upon Catalino's left arm; and as Catalino again threw himself upon Pancho, the latter dodged and delivered another blow with the bolo upon Catalino's forehead inflicting a slight wound. Catalino then seized Pancho's right hand, but with great effort Pancho disengaged his hand and gave another cut with the bolo, wounding Catalino on the face and forehead. This wound involved, but not deeply, Catalino's left eye. Catalino then fell to the floor and the contest ended, while Pancho handed the bolo to Romualdo Solis. It appears that Catalino was the larger and stronger of the two contestants, and also that the two were related by marriage. The only wound that could be considered at all dangerous was the one which involved the left eye. This wound was about 4 inches in length and 1 1/2 decimeters deep. The left eyeball was injured and the cut extended into the left side of the nose. Death resulted four days later from infection and hemorrhage.
(People v. Pancho, G.R. No. 35523, [February 13, 1932], 56 PHIL 516-519)