Hong Yon v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. On appeals from orders of the District Court for the Northern District of New York affirming orders for the deportation of the appeb lants made by a United States commissioner.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
The questions in controversy are substantially identical in each of the above-entitled actions.
The defendants are Chinese persons, not members of the exempt class, who came into the United States from Canada. The question presented to the commissioner was whether they were born in the United States and were, therefore, citizens. In each case a single Chinese witness was called who testified in substance that he was the uncle of the respective defendants and that he was born in California. The witness was examined and cross-examined at considerable length. His testimony did…
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