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Peralta vs. Director of Prisons 75 Phil 285

WILLIAM F. PERALTA, petitioner, vs. THE DIRECTOR OF PRISONS, respondent.

G.R. No. L-49 | 1945-11-12

D E C I S I O N 

FERIA, J:

Petitioner-defendant, a member of the Metropolitan Constabulary of Manila charged with the supervision and control of the production, procurement and distribution of goods and other necessaries as defined in section 1 of Act No. 9 of the National Assembly of the so-called Republic of the Philippines, was prosecuted for the crime of robbery as defined and penalized by section 2 (a) of Act No. 65 of the same Assembly. He was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment, which he commenced to serve on August 21, 1944, by the Court of Special and Exclusive Criminal Jurisdiction, created in section 1 of...