Skeffington v. Katzeff
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; George W. Anderson, Judge. Habeas corpus' by Mofris Katzeff, on relation of William T. Colyer and others, against Henry J. Skeffington, Commissioner of Immigration. From a decree (265 .Fed. 17) discharging the petitioners, the respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts ordering the discharge upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus of William T. Colyer and Amy Colyer. Frank Mack and Lew Bond-er were the relators in another petition and, the issue upon appeal being the same in both cases, they have been heard as one case.
The relators were arrested on January 3, 1920, upon warrants issued by the Department of Labor on the charge that they were included within the class of persons covered, by the Act of Congress approved…
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