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United States Vs. Juan E. Evangelista 029 Phil 215

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JUAN E. EVANGELISTA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 9841 | 1915-01-09

D E C I S I O N


TRENT, J.:

The appellant was arraigned in the court below on a charge of bigamy and pleaded not guilty. The prosecution introduced Exhibit A, a document purporting to be an abstract from the church records of the Iglesia Catolica Filipina Independiente of the District of Tondo, Manila, P. I., which certifies that in Book 5 of the matrimonial register of that parish, on folio 2, there is found an entry recording the marriage of Juan Español Evangelista, "son of Modesto, now deceased, and Romana Rivera Evangelista," and Manuela Espinosa. The document appears to be signed by the parish priest and to bear the seal of...