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Indac vs. Dir. Of Prisons

CATALINA G. INDAC, wife of prisoner SANTIAGO Indac, in his behalf, petitioner, vs. THE DIRECTOR OF PRISONS, respondent.

G.R. No. L-1133 | 1946-11-29

D E C I S I O N

BENGZON, J:

Petitioner, the wife of prisoner Santiago Indac, prays for his release from confinement, alleging in substance: (1) that in September, 1943, he was sentenced, for theft, by the Manila Court of First Instance, to imprisonment for not less than eleven nor more than twenty-four years, (2) that he has already served three (3) years and six (6) which is the maximum imposable under our laws for the offense he had committed, (3) that the penalty is illegal, excessive and unauthorized, (4) that his crime having consisted of theft against the Japanese imperial army - of scrap iron, electrical cables and fixtures - was...