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United States Vs. Jose Gonzaga Changco

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSE GONZAGA CHANGCO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 5307 | 1909-12-03

D E C I S I O N


ELLIOTT, J.:

The information in this case charges Mariano Ramos, Fernando Jarabas, and Jose Gonzaga Changco with the crime of falsification of public documents, in violation of article 300 of the Penal Code. Ramos was municipal president, Gonzaga municipal treasurer and deputy of the provincial treasurer, and Jarabas a clerk in the office of the municipal treasurer at Bacolod, Occidental Negros. It is charged that during the months of October, November, and December, 1908, while in the exercise of the duties of their respective offices, Ramos simulated a contract between the municipality and one Enabe for the supply of...