People v. Escriba
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
. Appeal from the District Court of San Juan, Section 2, in a Prosecution for Violation of Section 15 of the Weights and Measures Act. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wole
Appellant was convicted of having illegally, voluntarily and maliciously given a false weight to some loads of cane at a time when he was the weigher of Central Carmen, differing to the extent of 1,000 pounds, and so defrauding the farmer, or colono, Felipe Eosado. There is no assignment of errors in the brief, but we shall consider some of the matters raised by the appellant at large.
There is nothing in the Penal Code or in the law which requires the information to state that the defrauding was *208for the benefit either of the defendant or of the central. It was sufficient without a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. Armour & Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1912