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United States Vs. Licerio Casten 034 Phil 808

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LICERIO CASTEN, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 11488 | 1916-08-19

D E C I S I O N


TRENT, J.:

In this case the appellant, Licerio Casten, jr., was sentenced to two years, eleven months, and eleven days of prision correccional, to endow the offended party, Laura de Arruza, in the sum of P3,000, to maintain the offspring, if there be any, and to the payment of the costs of the cause for the crime of abduction.

It is now urged that the trial court erred (a) in finding that the offended party was a virgin; (b) in finding that the appellant did by cajoleries and promises induce the girl to abandon the college in which she was a boarding pupil; (c) in convicting the appellant of the crime charge, with the...