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United States Vs. Emigdio Nobleza

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EMIGDIO NOBLEZA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-3301 | 1907-09-10

D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J.:

This defendant was accused of the crime of estafa in the Court of First Instance of the Province of Iloilo, was sentenced to be imprisoned in the provincial prison for a term of two and half months and to pay the costs, and also to pay an indemnity to Salvador Norte in the sum of P30, and, in case of insolvency, to suffer subsidiary imprisonment. From this sentenced the defendant appealed to this court.

From the record it appears that they early in the month of April, 1905, Victoriano Fornia and Silverio Mondido stole a horse from Salvador Nofre and butchered and used it for food. A few days later Nofre...