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Harry J. Collins Vs. G.N. Wolfe

HARRY J. COLLINS, petitioner-appellee, vs. G.N. WOLFE, Warden of Bilibid Prison, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. 2773 | 1905-11-14

D E C I S I O N


WILLARD, J.:

On the 13th day of June, 1905, Collins was convicted in the Court of First Instance of the city of Manila of the crime of theft, and was sentenced to imprisonment (presidio correccional) in Bilibid Prison for the period of two years. Having been confined under the sentence he presented to one of the justices of this court a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The writ was issued, and after a hearing thereon, an order was entered discharging Collins from imprisonment. From that order the Government appealed. The case had been argued before the court upon that appeal, and is now before it for decision. A...