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RE HABEAS CORPUS, BALUCAN

No. 4188.

44 Haw. 271 (1960)

353 P.2d 631

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF FELICIA ANN BALUCAN FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

May 26, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. William Burgess (Allen W. Wooddell with him on the briefs, Carlsmith, Carlsmith, Wichman and Case of counsel) for petitioner.

Harold Y. Shintaku, Deputy Attorney General, and Yoshito Tanaka, County Attorney, County of Hawaii (Mamoru Shimokusu, Deputy County Attorney with him on the briefs) for respondent.

TSUKIYAMA, C.J., MARUMOTO, CASSIDY, WIRTZ AND LEWIS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY LEWIS, J.

An amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus, or alternatively an order to show cause, having been filed in this court in behalf of a girl fifteen years of age, setting forth her imprisonment for alleged contempt of court and seeking her release from the Hawaii County Jail, the court on April 14, 1960, ordered the custodian of the jail, the Chief of Police of the County of Hawaii, to show cause for the imprisonment. Upon a motion...

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