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United States Vs. Ismael Tabotabo

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ISMAEL TABOTABO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 4542 | 1908-09-29

D E C I S I O N


TORRES, J.:

Ismael Tabotabo was appointed municipal treasurer of the town of Tuburan, Island of Cebu, to act at the same time as deputy provincial treasurer, on the "2d of April, 1904; he held office until the 10th of September, 1905, when he was dischargesd by the provincial treasurer for the reason that he was found short in the sum of P3,614.23, which he had misappropriated.

Early in September, 1905, J. S. Stevenson, a deputy of the provincial treasurer of Cebu, called at the municipal treasury of Tuburan and proceeded at once to examine the books, accounts, and other documents kept by the accused Tabotabo. It appeared...