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PEOPLE vs. Jose C. Zulueta 089 Phil 752

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, ET AL., petitioners-appellants, vs. JOSE C. ZULUETA, respondent-appellee.

G.R. No. L-4017 | 1951-08-30

D E C I S I O N


BENGZON, J.:

Review of a decision of the Court of Appeals that annulled the order of Hon. Juan R. Liwag, Judge, admitting the amended information filed in Criminal Case No. 11232 of Manila.

There is no question about these facts:

1. On October 15, 1949 an information was filed in said criminal case charging Jose C. Zulueta with the crime of malversation of public property. Copy of the information is appended hereto (App. A). The substance of the accusation is that the accused, as Acting Chairman of the Surplus Property Commission, wilfully or thru abandonment permitted Beatriz Poblete to take and convert 3,000 kegs of...