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PEOPLE vs. Bienvenido Villarin 120 Phil. 535

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. BIENVENIDO VILLARIN, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-19795 | 1964-07-30

D E C I S I O N 


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.: 

 On August 11, 1959, Florentina Hanohan, a girl 15 years of age, filed a complaint against Bienvenido Villarin before the Justice of the Peace Court of Malimono, Surigao, for acts of lasciviousness with consent of the offended party. After trial, the court found Villarin guilty as charged, and, taking into account the aggravating circumstances of disregard of respect due the offended party and of dwelling, sentenced him to suffer 4 months and 15 days of arresto mayor, to be served in the provincial jail of Surigao, and to pay P5.00 as costs. Villarin appealed to the court of first...