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PEOPLE vs. Proceso S. Aragon 100 Phil 1033

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PROCESO S. ARAGON, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-10016 | 1957-02-28

D E C I S I O N


LABRADOR, J.:

Appeal from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Cebu finding appellant guilty of bigamy. The facts are not disputed and, as found by the trial court, are as follows:

"On September 28, 1925, the accused, under the name of Proceso Rosima, contracted marriage with a certain Maria Gorrea in the Philippine Independent Church in Cebu (Exhibits "1" and "1-A). While his marriage with Maria Gorrea was subsisting, the accused, under the name of Proceso Aragon, contracted a canonical marriage with Maria Faicol on August 27, 1934, in the Santa Teresita church in Iloilo City.

"The sponsors of the accused and...