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US vs. Secundino Mendezona 020 Phil 249

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SECUNDINO MENDEZONA (alias S. MENDEZONA), defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 6467 | 1911-09-16

D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J.:

On the 23d of May, 1910, the fiscal of the Province of Cebu filed a complaint in the Court of First Instance of said province, in which he charged the defendant with the crime of estafa, committed as follows:

"That on or about December 10, 1909, in the municipality of Cebu, of this province and judicial district, the said Secundino Mendezona (alias S. Mendezona), did willfully, unlawfully, and criminally, by pretending to have property, assets, and similar credit, defraud the Compañia General de Tabacos de Filipinas of the sum of P2,500, as follows: the said Secundino Mendezona (alias S. Mendezona)...