MARIANO AGUILAR (MONTOR DEL MORO) TRIAL

AFFAIRS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 1021

HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF THE PHILIPPINES,
Manila, P. I., July 14, 1900.

General Orders, No. 54.

I. Before a military commission which convened at Iloilo, P. I., May 21, 1900, pursuant to paragraph 5, Special Orders, No. 29, May 17, 1900, Headquarters Depart



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ment of the Visayas, and of which Col. Edmund Rice, Twenty-sixth Infantry, U. S. Volunteers, was president, and Capt. Edwin F. Glenn, Twenty-fifth U. S. Infantry, was judge-advocate, was arraigned and tried Mariano Aguilar, alias Moro Montor, a native.

CHARGE I.-" Murder" (eight specifications).

CHARGE II.-"Assault and battery with intent to kill" (three specifications).

CHARGE III.-"Arson" (fifteen specifications).

CHARGE IV.-"Burglary" (five specifications).

CHARGE V.-"Robbery" (seven specifications).

PLEAS.-To the charges and specifications the accused pleaded "not guilt."

FINDINGS.-

Of the first specification, first charge, "guilty."
Of the second specification, first charge, "guilty."
Of the third specification, first charge, "guilty."
Of the fourth specification, first charge, "guilty."
Of the fifth specification, first charge, "guilty."
Of the sixth specification, first charge, "guilty."
Of the seventh specification, first charge, "guilty."
Of the eighth specification, first charge, "guilty."
Of the first charge, "guilty."

Of the first specification, second charge, "guilty."
Of the second specification, second charge, "guilty."
Of the third specification, second charge, "not guilty."
Of the second charge, "guilty."

Of the first specification, third charge, "guilty."
Of the second specification, third charge, "guilty."
Of the third specification, third charge, "guilty."
Of the fourth specification, third charge, "guilty."
Of the fifth srcification, third charge, "guilty."
Of the sixth specification, third charge, "guilty."
Of the seventh specification, third charge, "guilty."
Of the eighth specification, third charge, "guilty."
Of the ninth specification, third charge, "guilty."
Of the tenth specification, third charge, "guilty."
Of the eleventh specification, third charge, "guilty."
Of the twelfth specification, third charge, "guilty."
Of the thirteenth specification, third charge, "guilty."
Of the fourteenth specification, third charge, "guilty."
Of the fifteenth specification, third charge, "guilty."
Of the third charge, "guilty."

Of the first specification, fourth charge, "guilty."
Of the second specification, fourth charge, "not guilty."
Of the third specification, fourth charge, "not guilty."
Of the fourth specification, fourth charge, "guilty."
Of the fifth specification, fourth charge, "guilty."
Of the fourth charge, "guilty."

Of the first specification, fifth charge, "not guilty."
Of the second specification, fifth charge, "guilty."
Of the third specification, fifth charge,"guilty."
Of the fourth specification, fifth charge, "guilty."
Of the fifth specification, fifth charge, "guilty."
Of the sixth specification, fifth charge, "guilty."
Of the seventh specification, fifth charge, "guilty."
Of the fifth charge, "guilty."

SENTENCE.-And the commission does therefore sentence him, Mariano Aguilar, alias Moro Montor, a native, "to be hanged by the neck until dead, at such time and place as the reviewing authority may direct; three-fourths of the commission concurring therein."

II. In the foregoing case of Mariano Aguilar, alias Moro Montor, native, the sentence having been approved by the department commander, is confirmed and will be duly executed at the town of Jaro, in the Province of Iloilo, Island of Panay, P. I., on the 17th day of July, A. D. 1900, under the supervision of the provost-marshal of Iloilo, P. I., as directed in orders issued by the commanding general, Department of the Visayas, on June 27, 1900.

By command of Major-General MacArthur:

M. BARBER,
Assistant Adjutant-General.