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Kuy vs. PEOPLE

TAN KUY, petitioner, vs. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. 49107 | 1944-04-21

D E C I S I O N

OZAETA, J:

Certiorari to the Court of Appeals to review its decision affirming that of the Court of First Instance of Manila whereby the above-named petitioner was found guilty of hoarding, in violation of section 6 (d) of Executive Order No. 157, and sentenced to pay a fine of P20,000.

Hoarding, especially in times of general scarcity, is undoubtedly one of the
manifestations of human selfishness. As a recognized public evil, it far antedates the Christian Era and is probably coeval with history itself. 1 To provide against that evil which had been rampant in the present acute scarcity of prime commodities brought about...