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Qua Chee Gan vs. Deportation Board 118 Phil. 868

QUA CHEE GAN, JAMES UY, DANIEL DY alias DEE PAC, CHAN TIONG YU, CUA CHU TIAN, CHUA LIM PAO alias JOSE CHUA and BASILIO KING, petitioners-appellants, vs. THE DEPORTATION BOARD, respondent-appellee.

G.R. No. L-10280 | 1963-09-30

D E C I S I O N

BARRERA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila (in Sp. Proc. No. 20037) denying the petition for writs of habeas corpus and/or prohibition, certiorari, and mandamus filed by Qua Chee Gan, James Uy, Daniel Dy alias Dy Pac, Chan Tiong Yu, Chua Chu Tian, Chua Lim Pao alias Jose Chua, and Basilio King. The facts of the case, briefly stated, are as follows:

On May 12, 1952, Special Prosecutor Emilio L. Galang charged the above-named petitioners before the Deportation Board, with having purchased U.S. dollars in the total sum of $130,000.00, without the necessary license from the Central...