Case Name: People, Plaintiff and Appeellee, v. Rodríguez, Defendant and Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Jurisdiction: Puerto Rico
Decision Date: 1923-12-17
Citations: 32 P.R. 558
Docket Number: No. 2136
Parties: People, Plaintiff and Appeellee, v. Rodríguez, Defendant and Appellant.
Judges: Chief Justice Del Toro and Justices Wolf, Aldrey and Hutchison concurred.
Reporter: Puerto Rico Reports
Volume: 32
Pages: 558–559

Head Matter:
People, Plaintiff and Appeellee, v. Rodríguez, Defendant and Appellant.
Appeal from tlio First District Court of San Juan in a Prosecution for Abandonment of Minors.
No. 2136.
Decided December 17, 1923.
Abandonment op Minors — Evidence—Variance.—When the variance between the information and the evidence is fatal in a prosecution for the abandonment of minors, it appearing that if the crime was committed at all it was committed after the charge was made against the defendant, the judgment appealed from will be reversed.
The facts are stated in the opinion.
Messrs. Y.'M. Fernández and M. Tous Solo for the appellant.
Mr. José E. Figueras, Fiscal, for the appellee.

Opinion:
Me.. Justice FraNco Soto
delivered the opinion of the court.
The defendant was found guilty of a violation of section 263 of the Penal Code.
He took the present appeal from the judgment of the trial court and in his .brief maintains that the trial judge committed manifest error in weighing the evidence.
From the statement of the case it appears that the only evidence charging the defendant with the commission of the offense was the testimony of the complaining witness that the defendant "has not given his daughter a cent for a year. ' '
The complaint was filed on November 14, 1920, and the case was tried on appeal in the First District Court of San Juan on April 17, 1923.
It follows clearly that there is a serious variance between the complaint and the evidence, for if the offense was committed at all, it was committed after the complaint liad been filed.
The error is evident, so the judgment must be reversed and the defendant acquitted.
Reversed.
Chief Justice Del Toro and Justices Wolf, Aldrey and Hutchison concurred.