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PEOPLE vs. Filomena C. Foster 105 Phil 461

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FILOMENA C. FOSTER, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-12828 | 1959-04-13

D E C I S I O N


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.:

This is an appeal from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila finding the accused guilty of violation of Section 5, in relation to Section 12, of Act No. 2706, as amended by Commonwealth Act No. 180, and sentencing her to pay a fine of P250, with subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and to pay the costs.

The accused is the owner of Pioneer Institute of Arts and Fashions which was operated in Manila since 1917 upon a temporary permit issued by the Secretary of Public Instruction on September 9, 1947. On April 27, 1949, she applied for the renewal of the permit to operate her...