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PEOPLE vs. Faller

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RESTITURO FALLER (alias R. AGUILAR), defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 45964 | 1939-04-26

D E C I S I O N


AVANCEá'A, C.J:

Restituto Faller was charged with the crime of damage caused to another's property maliciously and willfully. After hearing the evidence, the Court of First Instance of Rizal found that the damage was not caused maliciously and willfully, but through reckless imprudence, and sentenced Restituto Faller, under paragraph 3 of article 365 of the Revised Penal Code, as principal in the crime of damage through reckless imprudence, to pay a fine of P38 and to indemnify the offended party Ramon Diokno in the same amount, with subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency. From this decision, an appeal was taken....