Case of the Chinese Merchant
United States Circuit Court
Habeas Corpus. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Field, Justice.
The petitioner is a subject of the emperor of China, and alleges that he is restrained of his liberty on board of tho American steamship City of Bio de Janeiro, in the port of San Francisco, by its captain, in contravention of the constitution and the *606treaty between the United States and his country. He states in his petition in substance as follows: That he is a Chinese merchant by occupation, and not a Chinese laborer; that he was such merchant in Peru for about 10 years; that upon the breaking out of the war between that country and Chili he left Peru and established himself…
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