In re Jack Sen

The petitioners are 10 Chinese laborers, subjects of the ■emperor of China. They were in the United States on November 17, 1880, and have been residents of the country ever since. On August 29, 1888, the petitioners, at the port of San Francisco, shipped on hoard the steamship Colima, as part of the crew, for a voyage from said port to the port of Panama, in the state of New Granada, and return to San Francisco, the shipment being for the round voyage, and San Francisco the port of their discharge. The steam-ship Colima is an American vessel, sailing under the American flag, regularly engaged…