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Lim vs. Insular Collector of Customs

ANTONIO (alias UY LIM), petitioner-appellee, vs. THE INSULAR COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, respondent-appellant.

G.R. No. 43347 | 1935-05-27

D E C I S I O N


VICKERS, J:

The respondent Insular Collector of Customs appeals from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila, and alleges in support of his appeal that the lower court erred in ordering the discharge of the petitioner Antonio alias Uy Lim from the custody of the respondent.

The petitioner was arrested on a warrant issued by the Insular Collector of Customs charging the petitioner as an alien with having gained admission into the Philippine Islands through false and fraudulent representations. The petitioner was given a hearing by a board of special inquiry, which recommended that he be deported. The...