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ited States Vs. Doroteo Galit Quinto

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DOROTEO GALIT QUINTO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-4108 | 1908-02-12

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J.:

The appellant Doroteo Galit Quinto, was convicted of the crime of misappropriation of public funds, as defined and penalized in paragraph 2, article 390, of the Penal Code, upon an information charging the commission of the offense as follows:

"The said Doroteo Galit Quinto on or before the 11th day of July, 1906, in the municipality of San Pablo, Province of La Laguna, Philippine Islands, being at that time municipal treasurer and deputy of the provincial treasurer, in the said municipality of San Pablo, having in his charge, as such official, public funds, abstracted from the said municipal funds the sum...