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Oscar Mendoza Espuelas Vs. Provincial Warden Of Bohol

OSCAR MENDOZA ESPUELAS, petitioner and appellee, vs. THE PROVINCIAL WARDEN OF BOHOL, respondent and appellant.

G.R. No. L-13223 | 1960-05-30

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

The respondent appeals from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Bohol granting the petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Oscar Mendoza Espuelas and ordering his release from the custody of the respondent (special proceedings No. 343).
The petitioner was charged in the Court of First Instance of Bohol with the crime of inciting to sedition defined and penalized in article 142 of the Revised Penal Code. After trial, on 22 September 1947 the Court found him guilty as charged and sentenced to suffer an indeterminate penalty from 2 years, 4 months and 1 day of prisiá³n correccional as minimum...