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United States Vs. Mariano Sunglao, Et Al. 028 Phil 452

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARIANO SUNGLAO and PABLO DATU, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 9324 | 1914-11-20

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J.:

Appellants were convicted in the court below of a violation of section 30 of the Election Law, in that they took the elector's oath in the year 1911 and swore that they were not delinquent "in the payment of public taxes assessed since August 13, 1898," notwithstanding the fact that they had not paid cedula taxes for which they were liable, as follows: Sunglao for the years 1908 and 1909, and Datu for the year 1909.

The evidence discloses that the accused had paid their cedula taxes for the years 1910 and 1911, but that upon the records of the office of the treasurer of the province wherein they resided at...