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PEOPLE vs. Plaridel Dimalanta 092 Phil 239

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PLARIDEL DIMALANTA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-5196 | 1952-11-13

D E C I S I O N


JUGO, J.:

On January 4, 1950, an information was filed against Plaridel Dimalanta in the Court of First Instance of Quezon City, charging him with theft of electric current belonging to the Manila Electric Company, valued at P333, by using a "jumper," committed in the month of April, 1949.

On the same day, at noon, upon being arraigned, he pleaded guilty. The court in public session forthwith sentenced him to suffer six (6) months and one (1) day of prision correccional, to indemnify the Manila Electric Company in the sum of P333, with the proper subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, not to exceed one-third...