Decision
United States v. Santos
G.R. No. 1479 · 1904-04-16 · ARELLANO, C.J. · LawPhil
THE UNITED STATES, complainant-appellee, vs. VICTORINA DE LOS SANTOS, defendant-appellant. The appellant was tried in the Court of First Instance of Bulacan upon a charge of assault. The facts, as disclosed by the evidence are, in effect, that the accused and her brothers were tenants in common of…
ARELLANO, J.:
The court below having declared that the accused was guilty of the crime, the defense in this appeal has endeavored to show that she acted in self-defense. But the only witness that the accused presented for the purpose of proving the assault, which she imputes to her brother, Valentin de los Santos, did not testify to the fact the he had struck his sisters with a cane, which is what she alleges to be the aggression. The witness has only testified to threatening words.
Therefore the judgment of the court below, being in accordance with the law, is affirmed with the costs of this instance to the appellant. So ordered.
Torres, Mapa, McDonough and Johnson, JJ., concur.