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PEOPLE vs. Ventura

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARCIANO VENTURA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 35194 | 1931-08-27

D E C I S I O N


IMPERIAL, J:

The accused Marciano Ventura appealed from the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Rizal convicting him of the crime of estafa and sentencing him to two months and one day of arresto mayor, besides the indemnity and accessory penalties of the law applicable to his case, and, as an habitual criminal, to the additional penalty of sixteen years.

The relevant allegations of the information filed by the fiscal are as follows:

"That on or about the 16th day of May, 1930, in the municipality of Makati, Province of Rizal, Philippine Islands, and within the jurisdiction of this court, the said accused,...