Legal Opinion

Singh v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 16, 1917No. 2861PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the First Division of the Northern District of California. Petition by Dhanna Singh against the United States of America for a writ of habeas corpus. Writ denied, and petitioner appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

GILBERT, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, an East Indian, and a British subject, entered the United States at San Francisco in 1908. He worked as a laborer at various places in California and Oregon. In 1912 he visited Canada, where he remained two weeks. Thereafter he returned to the United States and resumed his occupation of laborer until April, 1914, when lie went to British Columbia. There he remained until March 1, 1915, when he surreptitiously re-entered the United States. He was arrested on a warrant which charged him with having entered the United States from Canada without inspection.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Lewis v. FrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  2. United States ex rel. Ng Hen v. SissonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1914
  3. Williams v. United States ex rel. BougadisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1911
  4. Chew v. ConnellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1916
  5. Ex parte HamaguchiDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1908

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Ex Parte SaadiCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1928
  2. Wong Fat Shuen v. NagleCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1925
  3. Bukta v. ZurbrickCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1931
  4. Singh v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1917

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