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ited States Vs. Balbino Adolfo

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BALBINO ADOLFO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 4803 | 1908-12-19

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J.:

The accused in this case is charged with the crime of falso testimonio (perjury) in that on the 12th day of February, 1907, while testifying as a witness in the case of the United States vs. Lorenzo Tupas (9 Phil. Rep., 506), who was charged with assassination, he swore positively that he did not see one Raymundo Moñuz, deceased, on the 13th of November, 1906, nor at any other time between that date and the 17th day of that month; the fact being that on the 13th of November, 1906, he was present and saw Lorenzo Tupas, the accused in the former case, assassinate the said Raymundo Muñoz.

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