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Tolentino vs. Carlos, et al

ANACLETO R. TOLENTINO, petitioner, vs. JOSE R. CARLOS, Judge of First Instance of Benguet, Mountain Province, and COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 46180 | 1938-08-30

D E C I S I O N


IMPERIAL, J:

This is a petition for certiorari to set aside the writ of attachment issued by the respondent judge in civil case No. 643 of the Court of First Instance of the Mountain Province.

On February 11, 1938, the fiscal of the City of Baguio filed an information against the petitioner charging him with malversation of public funds in the City of Baguio, during the period from January 1 to February 8, 1938. The information alleged that the petitioner being then the postmaster in the post office of Baguio and an official of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and having under his custody public funds in the amount...