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Andres Francia Vs. Potenciano Pecson 087 Phil 100

ANDRES FRANCIA, as Auditor for the City of Manila, petitioner, vs. POTENCIANO PECSON, Judge of the Court of First Instance of Manila, and ABELARDO SUBIDO, Chief, Division of Investigation, Office of the Mayor, City of Manila, respondents.

G.R. No. L-3779 | 1950-07-25

D E C I S I O N


OZAETA, J.:

In the early part of February, 1950, an attempt was made to defraud the City of Manila of P5,300.75 through falsification of official documents. A fictitious voucher covering withdrawal of a supposed cash bond deposit in the said amount was presented to the assistant city treasurer, who issued the corresponding check against the Philippine National Bank, payable to one Jose D. Garcia. City Auditor Andres Francia countersigned the check after the papers had passed through and had been initialed by his subordinates. It turned out that there was no such cash bond deposit and that the signatures of Chief Deputy...