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J. CASTILLO vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHIL.

JUAN CASTILLO (alias JUAN DE CASTILLO), petitioner, vs. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. 47804 | 1941-11-27

D E C I S I O N

ABAD SANTOS, J p:

The petitioner Juan Castillo was convicted by the Court of First Instance of Nueva Ecija of the crime of estafa under article 316, par. 6, of the Revised Penal Code, and sentenced to 2 months and 1 day of arresto mayor. This judgment of conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals.
The question presented is whether, upon the facts found by the Court of Appeals, the petitioner was guilty of the crime charged against him.

It appears that in the intestate proceedings of the deceased Juan Castillo, civil case No. 6463 of the Court of First Instance of Nueva Ecija, the petitioner executed a bond in the...