US V. TAMBUNTING

41 PHIL 364

FACTS:

Accused  and  his  wife  were  accused  and  later  found  guilty of  stealing  gas from  the  Manila  Gas  Corporation.    It  was  found  out  that  during  their occupancy  of  the  upper  portion  of  a  house  wherein  the  corporation  was supplying gas, the spouses made an illegal connection so  that they could
benefit from the supply.
 

HELD:

There is nothing in the nature of gas used for illuminating purposes which renders  it  incapable  of  being  feloniously  taken  and  carried  away.    It  is  a valuable  article  of  merchandise  bought  and  sold  like  other  personal property, susceptible of being severed from a mass or larger quantity and of being transported from place to place.