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United States Vs. Domingo San Juan 025 Phil 513

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DOMINGO SAN JUAN, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 8502 | 1913-10-10

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, convicting the accused of performing a marriage ceremony where one of the contracting parties was under the age of consent, and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of four years of suspension from practicing his profession as a minister of the National Evangelical Church of the Philippines, to pay a fine of 1,500 pesetas and one-fifth of the costs.

The information was originally filed against the spouses, the two witnesses to the marriage, and the minister performing the ceremony. At the request of the prosecuting attorney the...