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Flore?a Sales Vs. Director Of Prisons 087 Phil 492

FLORE?A SALES, on behalf of her stepfather Fidel Ariston, petitioner, vs. THE DIRECTOR OF PRISONS, respondent.

G.R. No. L-3972 | 1950-10-13

D E C I S I O N


OZAETA, J.:

This is an original petition for habeas corpus filed on behalf of prisoner Fidel Ariston, now confined in the New Bilibid Prison.

It appears that on August 31, 1939, Fidel Ariston was convicted of frustrated murder by the Court of First Instance of Camarines Sur and sentenced to suffer from 1 year and 8 months of prision correccional to 7 years of prision mayor. After serving 2 years, 3 months, and 1 day of that sentence, he was released on January 6, 1942, by virtue of a conditional pardon granted him by the President of the Philippines, the condition being that he shall not again violate any of the penal...