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PEOPLE vs. Faustino Garalde 050 Phil 823

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FAUSTINO GARALDE, defendant-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 27420-27421 | 1927-10-05

D E C I S I O N


AVANCEá'A, C. J.:

On January 2 and February 4, 1926 the appellant Faustino Garalde, being assistant postmaster in charge of the post-office in the municipality of Bangui, Ilocos Norte, received two postal money orders mailed from Paauhau, Hawaii, payable to Paula Agustinez, for the sum of $60 and $100, respective "Registered Package Received," the receipt for registered parcel No. 88109, within which was registered letter No. 276 for Paula Agustinez which contained the two money orders mentioned. The appellant himself was the one who opened the registered package. It also appears that the appellant himself addressed the...