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PEOPLE vs. Prudencio L. Maglaya

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PRUDENCIO MAGLAYA Y LIM, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-29243 | 1969-11-28

D E C I S I O N 


CONCEPCION, J.: 

From a decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila, defendant Prudencio Maglaya y Lim has interposed the present appeal, which was certified to Us by the Court of Appeals, the only question therein raised being one purely of law. 

Appellant was tried, on a plea of not guilty, under an information charging him with the crime of qualified theft and alleging: 

"That in or about and during the period comprised the month of October, 1963 to February 21, 1964, inclusive, in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously, with...