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United States Vs. Nicomedes Morales

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. NICOMEDES MORALES and CRISPINA MORCO, defendants. ---- NICOMEDES MORALES, appellant.

G.R. No. 5168 | 1910-02-19

D E C I S I O N


MORELAND, J.:

The defendants were accused of the crime of estafa under article 535, subdivision 5, of the Penal Code. Nicomedes Morales was convicted in the court below and condemned to four months and one day of arresto mayor, to indemnify the party injured in the sum of P666.05, to the accessories mentioned in article 61 of the Penal Code, and to pay the costs of the action. Crispina Morco was acquitted, Nicomedes Morales appealed.

It appears that the defendants received from Hatin Cafure to sell on commission certain jewels and jewelry of the value of something more than P1,000. They sold all of said jewels and...