Attorneys were today preparing habeas corpus petitions for 800 Jews reported aboard a blockade runner off the Palestine coast. The write which will be filed as soon as the refugees are taken into custody by the British, will ask that their deportation to Cyprus be prevented until court hearings are held.
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