"Judge Releases Siamese Twin to Avoid Jailing his Brother" is a curious article from the New York Times, 10 October 1929. Lucio...

"Judge Releases Siamese Twin to Avoid Jailing his Brother" is a curious article from the New York Times, 10 October 1929.
Lucio and Simplicio Godino were also known as "The Yangco Twins" as wards of the Filipino philantrophist Teodoro Yangco. Lucio was arrested for a traffic violation and brought to jail with his conjoined twin Simplicio. Brought before Judge William M. Northrup, they were ordered released because while Lucio was at fault Simplicio could not be punished for a violation he did n...