1916 Marinduque citizen associated with Immigration Fraud

With all the news of Chinese immigration fraud this past year, did you know that in 1916 the Supreme Court of the Philippines heard an appeals case involving a Chinese man claiming to be a person named Bernardo Molden born in Mogpog. Witness’ in Mogpog denied that this man was actually Molden. This is a long legal brief and the appeals case involves a jurisdictional issue so if you are only interested in the details of the interviews and conclusion skip to the third paragraph on the page labeled 498 and start there.