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PEOPLE vs. Ignacio Ortezuela 051 Phil 857

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. IGNACIO ORTEZUELA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 29316 | 1928-08-14

D E C I S I O N


STREET, J.:

This appeal has been brought with a view to the reversal or modification of a judgment of the Court of First Instance of the Province of Cebu finding the appellant, Ignacio Ortezuela, guilty of the offense of theft and sentencing him, under article 518 of the Penal Code, to imprisonment for four methods and one day, arresto mayor, and imposing on him an additional term of ten years imprisonment as an habitual delinquent, under paragraph (b) of the Act No. 3397 of the Philippine Legislature, and requiring him to pay the costs.
It appears that the appellant was charged upon an information, filed on February 9,...