Zartarian v. Billings
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. The facts are stated in the opinion. If the girl was not an alien within the intent and meaning of the act of March 3, 1903, the commissioner had no authority to detain or deport her, and the final order of the Circuit Court must be reversed. Gonzales v. Williams, 192 U. S. 1. The question raised above as to citizenship or status is purely one of law.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. The facts are stated in the opinion. If the girl was not an alien within the intent and meaning of the act of March 3, 1903, the commissioner had no authority to detain or deport her, and the final order of the Circuit Court must be reversed. Gonzales v. Williams, 192 U. S. 1. The question raised above as to citizenship or status is purely one of law. As there is no dispute as to the facts, United States v. Ju Toy, 198 U. S. 253, does not govern. The question passed on in that case by the Secretary of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
delivered the'opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of the United States for the. District of Massachusetts, denying a pp- tition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Charles Zartarian in behalf of Mariam Zartarian, his daughter, who, it was alleged, was unlawfully imprisoned, detained and restrained of her liberty at Boston by the United States Commissioner of Immigration, which imprisonment was alleged to have been in violation of the constitutional rights of the said Mariam Zartarian, without due process of law and contrary to the provisions of section…
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