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PEOPLE vs. Macalindong

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GERONIMO MACALINDONG, defendant-appellant.

C.A. No. 349 | 1946-05-25

D E C I S I O N

DE JOYA, J:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Batangas, dated February 2, 1943, finding the defendant and appellant Geronimo Macalindong guilty of the crime of theft of ten (10) wheelbarrow wheels of the approximate value of P10, although the information alleged they were worth P135, imposing upon him the penalty of four (4) months and one (1) day of arrest mayor, to suffer the accessory penalties prescribed by law, and to pay the costs.

From said decision, defendant Geronimo Macalindong has appealed, claiming that the evidence for the prosecution is utterly insufficient to establish...