Siniscalchi v. Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the -West■ern Division of the Southern District of Ohio. Habeas corpus by Augusto Siniscalchi against Thomas Thomas, Immigration Inspector of the Department of Commerce and Labor of the United States. From an order dismissing the petition, petitioner appeals. This is a proceeding in habeas corpus. The court below dismissed the petition, and appeal was taken.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the -West■ern Division of the Southern District of Ohio. Habeas corpus by Augusto Siniscalchi against Thomas Thomas, Immigration Inspector of the Department of Commerce and Labor of the United States. From an order dismissing the petition, petitioner appeals. This is a proceeding in habeas corpus. The court below dismissed the petition, and appeal was taken. Appellant is an Italian, who, as found by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, landed in this country at some unknown port after February 4, 1909. It is -charged in the warrant of…
1Opinion of the CourtWarrington, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] Although the proceedings involved in this case were begun and conducted under the immigration acts of Congress for the purpose of deporting Siniscalchi, yet they were objected to, and this appeal is pressed, upon the theory that the proceedings were so far criminal in their character as to require them to be considered in large measure according to the rules of criminal procedure. Such proceedings are in no proper sense a trial and sentence for a crime or offense. United States v. Hung Chang, 134 Fed. 19, 25, 67 C. C. A. 93 (C. C. A. *7046th Cir.). They…
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