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PEOPLE vs. Agapito Francisco Et Al.,

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. AGAPITO FRANCISCO and JOSEFINA MANTELO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 29531 | 1928-12-29

D E C I S I O N


OSTRAND, J.:

On August 26, 1927, Patrocinio David de Francisco presented the following complaint to the Court of First Instance of Manila:
"For the effects of the law establishing divorce, the undersigned denounced and accuses Agapito Francisco and Josefina Mantelo of the crime of concubinage committed as follows:
"That on or about August 25, 1927, and for several years prior to that date, in the City of Manila, Philippine Islands, the said Agapito Francisco, being legally married to the undersigned, voluntarily, illegally, and criminally, cohabited and had sexual intercourse with his coaccused, Josefina Mantelo, with...