Mayo v. United States ex rel. Lee Wong Hin
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana: Rufus E. Foster, Judge. Habeas corpus by Fee Wong Hin against John P. Mayo, Commissioner of Immigration, Port of New Orleans, and another. Judgment for relator, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BATTS, Circuit Judge.
Prior to the passage of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917 (39 Stat. 874, c. 29), section 21 of the former Immigration.Law (Act Feb. 20, 1907, c. 1134, 34 Stat. 905 [Comp. St. 1916, § 4270]) having been invoked against Lee Wong Hin, he sued out a writ of habeas corpus, which was dismissed by the District Judge. This decision on appeal was reversed (240 Fed. 368, 153 C. C. A._ 294), upon the ground that that Immigration' Act had no application to Chinese persons.
Section 38 of the act of 1917’contains a provision to the effect that:
“This act shall not be construed to…
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