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United States vs. Vicente Madrigal et al. 027 Phil 347

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICENTE MADRIGAL ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 8051 | 1914-03-28

D E C I S I O N


MORELAND, J.:

The appellants in this case were charged in the court below with a violation of the short-weight provision of Act No. 1519, section 30. They were convicted and each of them sentenced to pay a fine of P200 and one-fourth of the costs, with subsidiary imprisonment in case of failure to pay the fine imposed.

The defendants were partners doing business under the firm style and name of Madrigal & Co., their principal business being the selling of coal at retail. The offices of the company were located at No. 1059 Meulle de la Industria, and their coal yard from which all orders for coal were filled was located...