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United States vs. Chan Tiao 37 Phil 78

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CHAN TIAO (alias VICENTE LIM), (alias TAN SIN CO), defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-12609 | 1917-10-30

D E C I S I O N

TORRES, J.:

The Chairman Chan Tiao (alias Vicente Lim), or (alias Tan Sin Co), was charged with the crime of estafa with falsification of a private document, whereby the present proceedings were instituted. On November 21, 1916, judgment was handed down in which he was sentenced to the penalty of two years eleven days of presidio correctional, to return to the firm of Smith, Bell & Co. 150 sacks of sugar of the brand A-X, or to pay their value, P2,055, and, in case of insolvency, to suffer the corresponding subsidiary imprisonment, also to a pay the costs. From this judgment he appealed.

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