People v. Cordero

The District Attorney of San Juan charged Federico Cor-dero with the crime of mayhem (§ 212 of the Penal Code, *36933 L.P.R.A. § 671) consisting in that on February 19, 1956, he “illegally, wilfully, with malice aforethought, and with criminal intent,” assaulted and battered Carlos Nevares with a glass, “breaking it in his face and inflicting maiming wounds on him, thereby causing the permanent defacement and disfigurement” of the injured party.1 The trial was held by the court without a jury which found the defendant guilty and imposed on him an indeterminate sentence of one to five years…