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United States Vs. Joseph J. Capurro, Et Al.

THE UNITED STATES, complainant-appellee, vs. JOSEPH J. CAPURRO AND PAUL A. WEEMS, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-2408 | 1906-11-24

D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J.:

The defendant was charged with the crime of a criminal attempt against an agent of the authorities, committed as follows:

"That on or about the 3rd of August, 1904, in the city of Manila, Philippine Islands, and within the police jurisdiction of the said city, the said Joseph J. Capurro did then and there, willfully, unlawfully, feloniously, and with craft, fraud, disguise, and deliberate premeditation, attack, employ force against, gravely intimidate, and offer grave resistance to an agent of the authorities of the Government of the Philippine Islands, to wit, one George E. Shannahan, a duly appointed,...