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PEOPLE vs. de la Cruz

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FEDERICO DE LA CRUZ Y SANTOS, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-133 | 1946-04-30

D E C I S I O N

JARANILLA, J:

Federico de la Cruz y Santos was prosecuted for theft in the Court of First Instance of Manila. On a plea of not guilty, he was duly tried, after which he was found guilty and sentenced to suffer an indeterminate penalty ranging from one year and one day to three years, six months and twenty-one days of prision correccional, with the accessories of the law, to indemnify the offended party in the sum of P10,000, with subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and to pay the costs. From this judgment he appealed. The information reads as follows:

"That on or about the 14th day of September, 1945, in...