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[2/2] Romulo D. Jabon vs. Judge Sibanah E. Usman

[2/2] ROMULO D. JABON, Complainant, versus JUDGE SIBANAH E. USMAN, Regional Trial Court, Branch 28, Catbalogan, Samar, Respondent. / PLARIDEL D. BOHOL, Complainant, versus SIBANAH E. USMAN, Respondent.

A.M. No. RTJ-02-1713 | 2005-10-25

Asked on cross-examination where he was when Judge Usman said, "Your client just came from America. He must have dollars. Can you not tell him to buy jewelries from me?," he said that they (complainant Jabon, Atty. Bohol and his son) were in the chambers.[27] But later on, he changed his answer and testified that the alleged utterance was made by Judge Usman outside the chambers, inside the sala.[28] 

Moreover, Atty. Bohol's allegation that complainant Jabon's money was not enough so they had to go to Atty. Bohol's house to borrow money from Atty. Bohol's wife is unbelievable. Considerting that Atty. Bohol and complainant Jabon had to...