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US vs. Jacinta Mata 18 Phil 490

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JACINTA MATA, ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-6300 | 1911-03-02

EN BANC
D E C I S I O N 
 
CARSON, J.: 
 
The evidence of record conclusively establishes the performance of the ceremony of marriage between the defendant, Jacinta Mata, and the complaining witness, Marcial Tañedo Tiu Chiu, and leaves no room for doubt of the existence of the alleged carnal relations between this woman and the codefendant, Quiterio Sarmiento. The judgment of the trial court convicting them of the crime of adultery must, therefore, be affirmed, unless it be held, as contended by counsel for the defendants, that the evidence also shows that the marriage between the complaining witness and Jacinta Mata...