People v. Martínez Baz

Mr. Justice De Jesús

delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellant was convicted and sentenced for a violation of Act No. 6 of November 17, 1941 (First Special Session, p. 14). Said violation consisted in that the appellant, a wholesale merchant, on March 4, 1942, did unlawfully, wil-fully, and maliciously sell to Luis Antonio Euiz, a retail merchant, five hundredweight of rice at a price higher than the one fixed by the Food and General Supplies Commission.

The appellant does not dispute the facts charged against him, but he urges that we should reverse the judgment:(1) Because the act…