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People Of The Phil. Islands Vs. Gerardo Solon, Et Al. 047 Phil 443

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GERARDO SOLON ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 22942 | 1925-02-07

D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J .:

This appeal has been brought to reverse a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Cebu, finding the appellants, Gerardo Solon, Francisco Solon and Roberto Solon, guilty of the offense of rape, and sentencing each of them to undergo imprisonment for seventeen years, four months and one day, reclusion temporal, with the accessories prescribed by law, and requiring each of them to pay one-third of the costs.

On and prior to March 13, 1924, the appellant, Gerardo Solon, was a policeman in the City of Cebu and on the date stated had been assigned to duty in the court of the justice of the peace, a...