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United States Vs. Donato Inductivo 040 Phil 84

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DONATO INDUCTIVO, LUCAS LIZARONDO and FRANCISCO CHICO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 14709 | 1919-09-09

D E C I S I O N


MALCOLM, J .:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Nueva Ecija, finding the defendants Donato Inductivo, Lucas Lizarondo, and Francisco Chico guilty of a violation of Act No. 1757, the Gambling Law, and sentencing each of them to three months' imprisonment and to pay a one-third part of the costs.

Appellants rely on four assignments of error. Assignments 1, 3, and 4 require but little consideration. Collectors of jueteng can be convicted of a violation of the Gambling Law if the proof is sufficient. (U. S. vs. De la Cruz, R. G. No. 13808.) And, in this instance, waiving for the time being...