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PEOPLE vs. Mamerto De La Cruz 093 Phil 487

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MAMERTO DE LA CRUZ, defendant. BENIGNO ILAGAN, CHRISTOPHER VALENCIA and TIMOTEO VALENCIA, sureties-appellants.

G.R. No. L-5794 | 1953-07-23

D E C I S I O N


TUASON, J.:

This appeal is from an order of the Court of First Instance of Quezon for the appellants, as sureties for an accused who had escaped, to show cause why the bail bond should not be forfeited, and another order denying their motion to be discharged as sureties. The bail has not actually been forfeited and much less have the appellants been required to pay the a mount thereof, but it is assumed that they would be unless the orders on appeal were set aside.

The facts are not in dispute. It will be well to sacrifice brevity in the recital of the facts the better to understand and appreciate the main issue and the...