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US vs R.W. Douglas

THE UNITED STATES, complainant-appellee, vs. R.W. DOUGLAS, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 994 | 1903-08-31

D E C I S I O N


McDONOUGH, J.:

The defendant was convicted in the Court of First Instance of Cebu of having, on the 16th day of February, 1902, misappropriated and embezzled public funds amounting to $1,114.85, Mexican currency, taken by him, or by others with his consent, from the public treasury of Cebu.

He was sentenced to serve a term of three years and eight months' presidio correccional, and has been in prison since his arrest, in February, 1902.

The complaint alleged, in substance, that the defendant took this money or consented to the taking of it by others; and he filed a demurrer to the complaint, on the ground that it was...