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United States Vs. Lope Estrana

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LOPE ESTRANA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 5751 | 1910-09-06

D E C I S I O N


TRENT, J.:

The complaint filed in this case is a follows:

"That on the 26th of July, 1909, in the municipality of Bacolod, Province of Negros Occcidental, Philippine Islands, the said Lope Estraña, having been duly sworn as a witness in the Court of First Instance of the said province in criminal case No. 1055 , entitled "United States vs. Gil Gamao et al.," 1 for murder, illegally, maliciously, willfully, and falsely testified and declared, under oath, that on the 15th day of May, 1909, one Dionisio Tambolero came to his house in Japitan, within the jurisdiction of the municipality of Escalante, in said province, at about 7...