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Boris Mejoff vs. Director of Prisons 090 Phil 70

BORIS MEJOFF, petitioner, vs. THE DIRECTOR OF PRISONS, respondent.

G.R. No. L-4254 | 1951-09-26

D E C I S I O N


TUASON, J.:

This is a second petition for habeas corpus by Boris Mejoff, the first having been denied in a decision of this Court of July 30, 1949. The history of the petitioner's detention was thus briefly set forth in that decision, written by Mr. Justice Bengzon:

"The petitioner Boris Mejoff is an alien of Russian descent who was brought to this country from Shanghai as a secret operative by the Japanese forces during the latter's regime in these Islands. Upon liberation he was arrested as a Japanese spy, by U. S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps. Later he was handed to the Commonwealth Government for disposition in...