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United States Vs. Lee Chiao 023 Phil 543

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. LEE CHIAO, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. 7718 | 1912-11-27

D E C I S I O N


JOHNSON, J.:

This action was commenced in the Court of First Instance of the city of Manila, for the purpose of deporting from the Philippine Islands the defendant, who is a Chinese person. The complaint was presented in said court by Sandalio Rodriguez, who described himself as "un oficial debidamente autorizado por el departamento de immigracion de la Aduana de Manila, Islas Filipinas."

Upon said complaint a warrant of arrest was issued and the defendant was duly arrested and brought before the court. At the time fixed for the trial, the attorney for the defendant presented a motion to quash the warrant of arrest, for...