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Jose Bactoso Vs. Provincial Governor Of Cebu 048 Phil 25

JOSE BACTOSO, petitioner-appellee, vs. PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR OF CEBU, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. 24046 | 1925-09-25

D E C I S I O N


VILLAMOR, J .:

This appeal is for the reversal of the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Cebu entered in a habeas corpus proceeding, ordering the immediate release of the petitioner Jose Bactoso on the ground that a justice of the peace has no power to commit children accused before them to a reformatory for confinement therein until they reach majority.

In or about the month of February, 1925, Jose Bactoso took away a bottle of "tanzan" and a can of condensed milk worth P0.70 from a store established in the City of Cebu and for this act he was tried in the justice of the peace court of Cebu. The justice of the...