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United States vs. Gabino Soliman 036 Phil 5

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GABINO SOLIMAN, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 11555 | 1917-01-07

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J.:

The evidence of record conclusively discloses that the defendant and appellant in this case, Gabino Soliman, testifying in his own behalf in the course of another criminal case in which he, with several others, was charged with estafa, swore falsely to certain material allegations of fact.

On that occasion he testified falsely that a sworn statement offered in evidence in support of the charge of estafa, which was in effect an extrajudicial confession of his guilt, had not been executed voluntarily, and that its execution had been procured by the police by the use of force, intimidation and prolonged torture.

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