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People Vs. Benito R. De La Cruz, Et Al.112 Phil. 850

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BENITO DE LA CRUZ Y REYES, accused, THE ASSOCIATED INSURANCE & SURETY CO., INC., bondsman-appellant.

G.R. No. L-15954 | 1961-07-31

D E C I S I O N 


PAREDES, J.: 

This case was certified to this Court by the Court of Appeals on the ground that only questions of law are involved. 

Benito de la Cruz y Reyes was charged before the CFI of Manila with theft (Criminal Case No. 28946). For his provisional liberty, the Associated Insurance & Surety Co., Inc., on December 8, 1957, posted a P4,000.00 bail bond. Upon failure of de la Cruz to appear in Court on December 10, 1957, after prior notice to the bonding company, the CFI, on December 12, 1957, entered an Order confiscating the bond. On January 8, 1958, the bonding company filed an 'Urgent Motion for...