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Florena Tinagan Vs. Jose Perlas, Jr.

FLORENA TINAGAN, petitioner, vs. JOSE PERLAS, JR., Warden, Provincial Jail of Iloilo, respondent.

G.R. No. L-23965 | 1968-01-30

D E C I S I O N 


ANGELES, J.: 

This is a petition for habeas corpus to secure the discharge from detention of petitioner, Floreña Tinagan, who was arrested and put to prison by the respondent provincial warden in the provincial jail of Iloilo. Upon the commencement of these proceedings in this Court, the petitioner was allowed provisional liberty upon the filing of a bond in the amount of P200.00. 

The disputed confinement of petitioner was effected in pursuance of an order of the Court of First Instance of Iloilo, dated December 22, 1964, in Special Proceedings No. 1588 of that court, to wit: 

"Floreña Tinagan, former...