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Federico Soriano Vs. People Of The Phil. 088 Phil 368

FEDERICO SORIANO, petitioner, vs. THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. L-3008 | 1951-03-19

D E C I S I O N


JUGO, J.:

Federico Soriano was charged on August 22, 1945, with the crime of theft of one electric motor marked "Cyclix," with Western Electric Company cable, and one lantern slide projector, with their corresponding accessories, for the operation of motion pictures, valued at P6,000, belonging to the Eagle Cinema Co., Inc., represented by its President-Manager, Teodoro S. Benedicto.

After trial he was convicted by the Court of First Instance of Iloilo and sentenced to suffer an indeterminate penalty of from six (6) months of arresto mayor to two (2) years, eleven (11) months and eleven (11) days of prision...