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United States Vs. F. Alexander

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. F. ALEXANDER, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-2503 | 1907-03-15

D E C I S I O N


WILLARD, J.:

On the 22d day of November, 1904, the complaining witness, Asuncion Zamora de Paterno, was standing in the door of her house, No. 162 Calle San Sebastian, in the city of Manila. While standing there the defendant seized her by the wrist, dragged her from the doorway into the street, along the street for 40 or 50 feet, and, with the assistance of a third person, placed her in a public carromata. The complaining witness made such resistance as she could to these acts of the defendant.

Such acts constitute the crime of coaccion, unless the defendant was justified in what he did. His justification is as...