Legal Opinion

Ex parte Ng Kwack Kang

District Court, W.D. Washington

Decided January 14, 1916No. 3157Published

At Law. In the matter of the application of Ng Kwack Kang for a writ of habeas corpus.

1Opinion of the Court

NETERER, District Judge.

The petitioner applied for admission to the United States as the son of an American-born Chinaman. His application was denied by the Commissioner of Immigration, an appeal was prosecuted to the Secretary of Labor, the Commissioner affirmed, and a warrant of deportation issued. Petition for writ of habeas corpus was made, in which he charges; First, that he was not accorded a fair hearing, in that he was denied the right of counsel, and the evidence adduced at the preliminary examination was wrongfully and unlawfully used against him at the hearing after arrest; second,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Chin Yow v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  2. Keyser v. HitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  3. In re YuenDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1910
  4. Ex parte Moola SinghDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1913
  5. Ex parte Chin Quock WahDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1915

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