admitted he knew that his wife received P20,000.00 from Danilo Rivera and various sums from the other complainants, but he claimed he had nothing to do with his wifes activities. He further claimed that the complainants knew that they were being sent overseas simply on the chance that they might find employment. On November 23, 1992, the trial court rendered a decision, the dispositive portion of which reads:xiii[13] Wherefore, judgment is hereby rendered as follows a) In Criminal Case No. 92-105275, finding the accused Vicente Mercado y Mercado alias Vicente Tan guilty beyond reasonable doubt for the crime of Illegal Recruitment committed in large scale and hereby sentences the said accused to suffer the penalty of life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P100,000.00 and to indemnify the complainants (1) Danilo Rivera the sum of P50,000.00; (2) Antonio Peralta the sum of P40,000.00; (3) Domingo Baetiong the sum of P50,000.00; and (4) Ignacio Rivera the sum of P50,000.00, as and by way of actual damage. b) In Criminal Case No. 92-105276, finding the accused Vicente Mercado y Mercado alias Vicente Tan guilty beyond reasonable doubt for the crime of Estafa and hereby sentences the said accused to suffer an indeterminate sentence ranging from six (6) years and two (2) months of prision mayor as minimum to ten (10) years also of prision mayor as maximum and for the said accused to indemnify Nelson Tamares the sum of P45,000.00 as and by way of actual damage. c) For lack of evidence, accused is hereby acquitted of the crime charged in Criminal case No. 92-105277. Accused-appellant contends that I. THE COURT A QUO GRAVELY ERRED IN BELIEVING THE NARRATION OF THE PROSECUTIONS WITNESSES IN SPITE OF THE ABSENCE OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT THEREOF. II. THE COURT A QUO ERRED IN GIVING CREDIBILITY TO PROSECUTIONS WITNESSES IN SPITE OF THE INCREDIBILITY OF THEIR TESTIMONIES. III. THE COURT A QUO GRAVELY ERRED IN RULING THAT THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE CONVICTION OF THE ACCUSED BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT.xiv[14]