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United States Vs. Adaucto Ocampo

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ADAUCTO OCAMPO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 1647 | 1905-11-21

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J.:

This is a motion for a rehearing on the ground that the accused in this case was convicted on the testimony of confederates, self-confessed accomplices in the commission of the crime, with which he was charged. The question of the admissibility and competency of the evidence of accomplices was maturely considered at the original hearing on appeal, and the court held as follows:

"While the evidence of accomplices or confederates is always subject to grave suspicion, 'coming, as it does, from a polluted source,' and should be received with great caution and closely and doubtingly examined, we are of opinion,...