BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-03-06
Current News Notes,
Local And General.

does tl0 United States still remain the lar
gest;coffee consumer In the world, but the
amount imported tor the year exceeds
any other previous year by over two million
pounds, and for the first time the total
exceeds one billion pounds, ,OOO, ,060, 900.
this is nearly eleven pounds per capita and
truly marvellous showing Coffee drink
ers may be surprised to learn that Of this
enormous total nearly all the billion pounds
came from American countries south of the
United States.
The introduction OF coffee in London cof-
fee "househD occurred about the mindle of
the Seventeenth Century, the house being .
tent in Oornhill. At this time coffee sold
at the price Of S25 per pound, and in 1860
the statute boors snow duty Of pence
was laid on every gallon of coffee made and
sold.
At this time coffee came from Arabia in
such small quantity tnst it could be furnish
ed as the genuine article of Mocka But
afterwards wnan the demand increased,
from Africa and Abysinia came large guam
titles of small bean coffee, the growth and
cultivation of which had spread throughout
the world until the present day when thon
sands of rimes as much 30 called Mocha
coffee is sold in the United States alone 90
is produced in the Arabian district from
which the true Mocha coffee alone comes.
The same condition applies to the original
'Oid Government Java" coffee that was
considered second only to Mocha. The
supply has always been limited and to-day
all the coffs grown in tue Eastern ArchI-
pelago goes under the name OF Java and ID
very inferior to the original.
The following are the much talked of
sections of the Penal Oode relating to the
suijscts Of Perjury and Subornation of
Perjury, and Faisifying Evidence. This
law fully covers this subject better than
anything yet known of here, and when putt
into operation is likely to put an end to all
the false swearing which has become 60
common in the Courts of Porto Rice. ALL
false oaths are perjury, and the fact that
the oath was taken Defore an inferior in
rank, or by one who is defending himselfI
rom criminal accusation will never be used
again - defense to = charge OF perjury.
II may also De noted that the irregulsrlty ofI
the Oath will NOT be taken as an excuse for i
the commission of perjury.
These SECTIONS are veil scerth reading:
Perjury and subordination Of perjury
SEQ 73.--EV-fy psrsoa who, kayIu .sken
IN oath that he will testify, declare, dspose,
Or certify truly before any competent tllbu-
nal, officer, 0l person, IN any Of the cases IN
which such an oath may by Law be a0minis
tered, wiliully aud contrary to such oath,
,tates % true any msteTial matter wklch be
Inows to be false, is guilty Of perjury. Ii is
40 defense to ; prosecution for perjury that
he oath was administered or taken in an
Irregular manner.
Sec. 74-Tne term ssoathn as used in the
section, includes an affirmation
md every other mode authorized by law oil
Ittesting the truth Of that which is stated.
That mode of swearing which the witness
believes most obligatory may be adopted.
70 special form oath or affirmation is re
luired.
SEQ. 75.-So much OF an cath Of Office as
elates to the future performance of oficlsl
Iuties is NOT such an oath ~ 10 intended byI
he two preceding sections.
Sec. 76,-It is no defence to proseeutionI
Or perjury that the accused Vas not com
etent to give the testimony, deposition, or
srnfoate Of which islsekood IL alleged I'll
sufficient that be did give such tesumony
+ make snch deposition or csrtfcats.
SIC TILT is no defense to prosecntionI
" perjury that the accused did not know I
he materially Of the false statement made
, hIm or that it NOT, in fact, affect
. proceeding in OF Tor which II was made.
Il sufficient that il was material, and | {
'ight have been used TO Affect sucb proceed.
g.
Sec. 7s.--The making Of . deposition trI
,rtifioste is deemed to be oomplsts, within :
II de|'YsTed By tie aeoplsd = any other y