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PEOPLE vs. Yu Chai Ho

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. YU CHAI HO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 29278 | 1928-10-03

D E C I S I O N


OSTRAND, J.:

This is an appeal from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Cebu in which the defendant was found guilty of the crime of estafa under paragraph 5 of article 535 of the Penal Code and was sentenced to suffer five months of arresto mayor and to pay the costs.
It appears from the evidence that on December 19, 1925, the accused Yu Chai Ho, in representation of his firm, Gui Sing & Co., of which he was the managing partner, placed an order with Wm. H. Anderson & Co. for a quantity of Colgate perfumes and soap to be shipped from New York to Cebu. The order was transmitted to Colgate & Co., New York, and...