Legal Opinion
People v. Barbosa
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Decided May 20, 1921No. 1666Published
Appeal from the District Court of San Juan in a Prosecution for Perjury. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice HutchisoN
Appellant, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was convicted of perjury upon an information charging the following facts;
“On or about January 25, 1919, in San Juan, P. R., within the judicial district of the same name, the aforesaid Rafael Barbosa appeared as a witness before Agustín Font, municipal judge of San Juan, P. R., and having sworn to speak the truth in a case pending before the said judge and prosecuted by The People of Porto Rico against Pedro José Cartagena for aggravated assault and battery upon the person of Andrés Rodríguez Vera, unlawfully, wilfully and maliciously, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. SchweichlerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1911