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PEOPLE vs. MacGavin

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. WILLIAM MACGAVIN, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 46324 | 1938-12-03

D E C I S I O N


VILLA-REAL, J:

This case is before us on appeal taken by the accused William MacGavin from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila wherein he was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of a violation of section 1 of Act No. 3202, as amended by Act No. 3954, and sentenced to pay a fine of P200, with the corresponding subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and to pay the costs.

The fiscal's information under which the accused-appellant was convicted is of the following tenor:

"That on or about the 10th day of August, 1936, and for some time prior and subsequent thereto, in the City of Manila,...