Supreme Court of Puerto Rico February 4, 1918, No. 1070 (People v. Mercado)

Me. Justice Hutchison

delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellants were convicted of conspiracy upon an information charging that—

“The said Dr. Clemente Mercado and Juan Marcano Santiago, in Caguas, within the judicial district of Humacao, about September, 1914, illegally, voluntarily and maliciously conspired and combined to deceive and defraud 'El Ancora,’ an insurance company against