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PEOPLE vs. Jesus L. Crisostomo 116 Phil. 201

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. JESUS L. CRISOSTOMO, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-16945 | 1962-08-31

D E C I S I O N 


PAREDES, J.: 

 On September 3, 1959, Jesus L. Crisostomo was charged before the Court of First Instance of Bulacan, with the crime of estafa, described and punished under Article 316, par. 2 of the Revised Penal Code, in an information worded as follows -

 That on or about the 16th day of September, 1940, in the municipality of Malolos, province of Bulacan, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused with intent to defraud, did then and their wilfully and feloniously, sell, transfer and convey, by way of absolute sale unto the spouse Teodoro Faustino and Regina Pangan...