People v. Ramos

The appellant was charged with the murder of Carmen de la Pena,- a seventeen year old girl, with whom he was desperately in love. The jury found him guilty, and imposed the death penalty.

The appellant had asked the girl to marry him. She refused, and complained to her parents that he was “bothering her”. Her father asked him to leave his daughter alone. The girl’s parents conducted a restaurant and poolroom in Salinas patronized by young Filipinos. On the evening of the murder Ramos went to the place and spent some hours there, interesting himself in working puzzles and talking with…