People of Puerto Rico v. Torres Pérez

Mr. Justice Saldaña

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Francisco Torres Pérez was prosecuted in the Superior Court, Ponce Part, for an offense of burglary in the first degree. He was charged with “. . . entering illegally, willfully, maliciously and criminally . . . during the nighttime of April 17, 1955, in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, the residence of Justina Vélez widow of Vera with the intent to commit, as he did commit, grand or petit larceny . . . ”. After a trial by a court without a jury, he was found guilty and sentenced to serve an indeterminate sentence of from one to five years’…