PARAISO v. UNITED STATES

No. 23.

207 U.S. 368 (1907)

PARAISO v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 16, 1907.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Aldis B. Browne and Mr. Alexander Britton, for plaintiff in error.

The Solicitor General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Russell, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error was convicted of falsification of documents, under Article 300, clauses 4, 7 of the Philippine Penal Code. He brings the case here as one in which a statute of the United States is involved, under the act of July 1, 1902, c. 1369, § 10, 32 Stat. 695. By the article mentioned a public official is subjected to imprisonment and fine if he commits a falsification, clause 4, "By perverting...

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