People v. García Donis

delivered tlie opinion of the court.

José García Donis was convicted of selling bread short of weight. The bread was in point of fact sold by an agent who was also charged with complicity but acquitted on the ground of being a mere employee. Error is assigned in effect because such evidence as there was of agency was hearsay; that the agency was not proved and in general that the evidence was not sufficient to convict.

Leandro Monje, inspector of weights and measures stated on direct examination that he took the bread, short of weight, from a wagon of the defendant in charge of the agent, On…