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United States vs. Lino Eguia Lim Buanco 14 Phil 472

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LINO EGUIA LIM BUANCO (alias LIM BUANCO) and LUCIANO DE LOS REYES, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 5240 | 1909-11-19

D E C I S I O N

ELLIOTT, J.:

The defendants, Lino Eguia Lim Buanco, (alias Lim Buanco) and Luciano de los Reyes, were charged jointly with the crime of estafa. Demurrers to the information were interposed and overruled. Separate trials were then demanded by the defendants and granted. Both defendants were found guilty as charged, and each was sentenced to two years and ten months of presidio correccional in the public carcel of Bilibid, in the city of Manila; to jointly and separately indemnity the Banco EspaƱol-Filipino in the sum of P2,273, Philippine currency, and in the event of insolvency, to suffer subsidiary imprisonment for the time...