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US vs. Valeriano De Los Reyes, Et Al. 020 Phil 467

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VALERIANO DE LOS REYES and GABRIELA ESGUERRA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 6800 | 1911-11-17

D E C I S I O N


MORELAND, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Manila, the Hon. Charles S. Lobingier presiding, convicting each of the appellants of a violation of section 31 of Act No. 1761 and sentencing each of them to six month's imprisonment and to pay the costs of the action.

It appears that a few days prior to the 5th day of November, 1910, the appellant Gabriela Esguerra, who lived in San Miguel de Mayumo, being a friend of the family of the other appellant, Valeriano de los Reyes, came to visit him and his wife at their home in the city of Manila; that on the said 5th day of November, and...