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United States Vs. Gumersindo De La Santa

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GUMERSINDO DE LA SANTA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-3181 | 1907-10-10

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J.:

The complaint charges the defendant with the crime of seduction (estupro) of a woman over 12 and under 23 years of age, as defined and penalized in article 443 of the Penal Code, which is as follows:

"The seduction of a virgin over 12 and under 23 years of age, committed by any public authority, priest, servant, domestic, guardian, teacher, or by any person in charge of her education or guardianship, under any name whatsoever, shall be punished with the penalty of prision correccional, in its minimum and medium degrees.

"Whosoever shall commit incest with his sister or descendant, even though she were older...