People v. Arce
People v. Arce
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
Francisco Arce was charged with a violation of Joint Resolution No. 22 of June 5, 1919 (p. 780), to regulate the
He was convicted and took the present appeal, alleging, among other grounds in support of a reversal of the judgment of conviction, that it was not proved that he dealt in foreign coffee or had a warehouse containing that kind o.f coffee.
The evidence introduced at the trial leads to the conclusion that it was not proved that the appellant committed the acts charged in the information, for what the evidence tended to show was that the said acts were committed by the firm of Successors of Gilet & Arce, and although it is admitted that the appellant was managing partner of that firm, it was not proved that he was the only managing partner or that he personally committed the offense charged.
The judgment must be reversed and the defendant discharged.
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