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PEOPLE vs. de Jesus

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EMILIO DE JESUS and FRANCISCO DE LA ROSA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 46715 | 1939-09-22

D E C I S I O N


DIAZ, J:

The question raised before us by the appeal taken by the accused from the judgment of the lower court, sentencing them for estafa to suffer the principal penalty of three months of arresto mayor and an additional penalty of ten years and one day of prision mayor by reason of habitual delinquency, besides indemnifying Toribia Bacos in the sum of P3.80, is whether or not said two penalties are in accordance with law.

The information charging the appellants with the crime in question, of which it may be truthfully stated that they pleaded guilty upon arraignment, reads as follows:

"That on or about December 15,...