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Facts: Iyminado Luagus, died at G.B. Ten Memorial Hospital on January 24, 1972 after he was confined im said hospital since January 3, 1972. The Bureau of Public Schools sent the deceased's salary warrants to the Superintendent of schools who forward them to the District Supervisor, Florencio Guillermo, The paychecks were delivered: Florencio Guillemo signed the payroll-warrant registers certifying that on his official oath, each employee whose name appeared on the rolls had received the salary warrant indicated opposite his name on Febraary 7, 17, and 25, 1972. Pilar Taague. the petitioner, signed the salary checks of her deceased husband. Florencio Guillermo claimed that upon discovering his mistake, he asked appellant to xetum the treasury warrants issued in the name of hex husband Illuminado, further claiming that appellant promised to do so, but actually did not. Guillermo discovered that the treasury warrants shad been encashed by appellant. The appellant used it to pay debts incurred for the illness and ‘death of her husband, For signing the name of her husband as payee on three treasury warrants for purpose of cudorsement, appellant stands charged with the crime of Estafa thru Falsification of Commercial Document. The appellant was charged with 3 counts of estafa thm falsification of document but ‘was convicted of falsification only. ‘The petitioner contends that she acted in good faith or had no criminal intent when she cashed her deceased husband's paychecks.

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