Lew Jim v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. This was an application by Lew Jim for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain his discharge from the custody of the collector of the port of San Francisco. The district court remanded the petitioner to the custody of the collector. Petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
McKENNA, Circuit Judge.
The appellant is a subject of the emperor of China, and claims to have been a resident Chinese person in San Francisco, and partner in the Chinese firm of Bing Kee, dealers in Japanese fancy goods, 619 Dupont street, his interest being §1,000, and that he departed for China September 6, 1892, for a temporary visit, and that he returned on the 1st day of April, 1894, to resume his business as a member of said ürm. The collector of the port would not permit him to land, and he applied to the district court for writ of habeas corpus, which was issued, and the matter…
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