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PEOPLE vs. Genato

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRANCISCO GENATO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 45514 | 1938-10-17

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION, J:

The accused, as vice-president and general manager of the Genato Commercial Corporation, having been found guilty of violation of Act No. 3202, as amended by Act No. 3594, for having sold and distributed in Manila cigarettes bearing the trade-mark "Domino" consigned to said corporation at Manila, without first registering said trade-mark in the Bureau of Commerce, he was sentenced to pay a fine of P200 or to suffer the corresponding subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, plus the costs. The accused appealed from said judgment.

The facts are undisputed. In this appeal, the only question raised is...