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United States Vs. Jose Montanez 041 Phil 91

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

G.R. No. 16394 | 1920-09-25

D E C I S I O N


VILLAMOR, J .:

The appellant in this cause was convicted by the Court of First Instance for the city of Manila of the crime of frustrated estafa, and was sentenced to four months and twenty days of arresto mayor, with the accessories prescribed by law, and to pay the costs.

The information upon which the appellant was brought to trial and found guilty is as follows:

"That on or about the first day of March, 1919, in the city of Manila, P. I., the said accused, Jose Montañez, willfully, unlawfully and feloniously intended to defraud the firm of Lutz & Co. of this city, having performed the following acts of execution which...