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United States Vs. Regino Torres 034 Phil 994

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. REGINO TORRES AND PABLO PADILLA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 10566 | 1915-08-20

D E C I S I O N


ARELLANO, C. J.:

The reason in this case has come before us on appeal by both defendants from the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Cebu whereby they were convicted of a violation of Act No. 1761. Regino Torres was sentenced to imprisonment for three years, Pablo Padilla to one year and one month, and each to pay one-half of the costs. The three tins of opium, the corpus delicti, were ordered confiscated.

On examination of the record it appears:

That the testimony of George W. Walker and Juan Samson, secret service agents of the Cebu Customhouse who arrested the defendants, and the seizure of the corpus...