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Contemprate vs. ACI

JESUS CONTEMPRATE alias CO CHII KIAT, petitioner-appellant, vs. THE ACTING COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION, THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SPECIAL INQUIRY NO. 1, AND THE WARDEN OF THE DETENTION STATION, BU

G.R. No. L-28604 | 1970-10-30

D E C I S I O N 


CONCEPCION, C.J: 

Appeal taken by defendants, Bermillo Soriano and Antonio Gallardo, from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan, convicting them of the crime of rape and sentencing each to life imprisonment, to jointly and severally indemnify the offended party, Farmacita Tanigue, in the sum of P3,000.00, and to pay the costs. 

It is not disputed that, on February 17, 1968, appellants herein had carnal knowledge of Farmacita Tanigue in a dark place, near a nipa swamp, in the barrio of Domalandan, municipality of Lingayen, Province of Pangasinan. The only issue in this appeal is whether or not...