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United States vs. Asensi 34 Phil 750

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MANUEL B. ASENSI, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 11165 | 1916-08-15

D E C I S I O N

JOHNSON, J.:

This defendant was charged with the crime of estafa, committed with the falsification of a document. The complaint alleged:
 
"That on and many years before the 7th day of April, 1914, the said Manuel B. Asensi was and had been a trusted employee of the Compania General de Tabacos de Filipinas, a foreign corporation domiciled in the city of Manila and duly authorized to engage in business in the Philippine Islands; that, as such employee of the above-named corporation, it was his duty to find out, at the end of every quarter, the total amount of the sales of the goods and merchandise made during such...