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THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE, VS. FILOMENO DE TORRES, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.

THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE, VS. FILOMENO DE TORRES, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.

G. R. No. 6771 | 1912-01-09

D E C I S I O N
 
ARELLANO, C.J.:
 
On July 8, 1908, Nicomedes Pasia, an itinerant peddler, accompanied by his son Candido, about 12 years of age, arrived from his town of Ibaan, Batangas, at the town of Pagsanjan, La Laguna. There he found his brother, Santos Pasia, and lodged in the latter's house, wherein also lodged Albino Magtibay and Filomeno de Torres. Before returning to Ibaan, Nicomedes Pasia counted the proceeds of his sales and found them to be P540.50, an operation which Magtibay and Torres witnessed.

The next day Nicomedes Pasia and his son Candido took the steamer for Calamba, and Magtibay and Torres also embarked in...