People v. Cintrón

Cleofe Cintron, convicted of having assaulted and battered a child, asked for a reversal, and the prosecuting attorney (Fiscal), on the ground that the judgment is contrary to the evidence, agreed.

A witness for- the Government, a policeman, gave testimony tending to show that the defendant used a strap on Maria Luisa Cora, a child, and caused her two or three light bruises readily cured and not needing medical attention. It transpires that Tomasa Cora was a married woman; that she was abandoned by her husband; that she took up her life with the defendant who supported both her and the child,…