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Pua Yi Kun vs. People Of The Phil.

PUA YI KUN, petitioner, vs. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, HON. PLACIDO C. RAMOS, Judge of the Court of Eirst Instance of Manila, respondents.

G.R. No. L-26256 | 1968-06-26

D E C I S I O N 


REYES, J.B.L., J.: 

Raised as the only issue in this original petition for certiorari and prohibition 1 is the materiality, in an information for Theft, of the identity of the owner of the stolen property; in other words, whether or not an accurate identification of the owner of the stolen property is essential to the validity of an information for theft. 

The facts of this case are not in dispute: 

On February 13, 1964, Pua Yi Kun was charged with the crime of theft before the City Court of Manila (Crim. Case No. E-18590; I.S. 64-5062), in an information reading as follows: 

"The undersigned (Assistant...