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SERRA v. MORTIGA

No. 202.

204 U.S. 470 (1907)

27 S.Ct. 343

51 L.Ed. 571

SERRA v. MORTIGA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 25, 1907.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Aldis B. Browne, Mr. Alexander Britton and Mr. Maurice Kelly, for plaintiffs in error, submitted.

No counsel appeared for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

Articles 433 and 434, found in chapter 1 of title IX of the Penal Code of the Philippine Islands, define and punish the crime of adultery. The articles referred to are in the margin.1

It is conceded at bar that, under the Philippine law, the offense of adultery, as defined by the articles in question, is classed as a private offense...

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