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United States Vs. Timoteo Santos 037 Phil 453

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. TIMOTEO SANTOS, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 13217 | 1918-01-21

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J .:

The accused in this case was convicted in the court below of the crime of infidelidad en la custodia de documentos and sentenced to 8 yeas and 1 day of prison mayor to pay a fine of 3,000 pesetas, together with the accessory penalties prescribed by law.

The facts in this case are substantially similar to those in the case of United States vs. Marcelo Mataban (R.G. No. 12565, decided August 25, 1917 [not published]), it appearing that the accused, a letter carrier in the employ of the Bureau of Posts, was found on the 19th day of May 1917 with a number of letters in his possession which had been turned over...