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US vs. Francisco Reyes 020 Phil 510

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRANCISCO REYES, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 6758 | 1911-11-27

D E C I S I O N


TORRES, J.:

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of conviction rendered in this cause by the Honorable Judge Simplicio del Rosario.

At dusk on the evening of June 26, 1910, Lorenza Cornejo, a girl of about 15 years of age, unmarried, left her house, situated in the pueblo of Pasay, Province of Rizal, to return some flags which she had borrowed, and while returning home was approached by Francisco Reyes, who for some time past had been courting her, making her promises of marriage, and who had arranged with her to accompany him to this city for the purpose of getting married. On meeting, as aforesaid, Reyes...