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Hodges vs. PEOPLE

C. N. HODGES, petitioner, vs. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. 45446 | 1939-05-25

D E C I S I O N


IMPERIAL, J:

This is a petition filed by the accused to review on certiorari the decision of the Court of Appeals modifying that rendered by the Court of First Instance of Iloilo by ordering the accused to return only the amount of P2,000 to the offended party Lopez P. Severino, instead of P11,624 fixed by the trial court, and affirming that part of the decision of said court which sentenced the accused to the penalty of one year of imprisonment, to the accessories of the law, and to pay the fine of P500, with the corresponding subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and the costs.

The accused-petitioner C. N....