In re Koichi Maekawa

The petitioner is a Japanese alien, who alleges that he has been domiciled in the Territory of Hawaii from July 1906 to September 1908; and that he then returned to Japan on a visit intending to return to Hawaii, and did so return January 28, 1913, to the port of Honolulu, Hawaii, when he was refused a landing by the respondent.

The, return to a writ of habeas corpus granted him upon his application directed to the respondent, states that upon his arrival he was examined as to his physical and mental condition and also as to his right to land as an alien domiciled in Hawaii, and that the board…