Haff v. Tom Tang Shee

WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

The District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California issued an order granting a writ of habeas corpus and discharging appellee from the custody of appellant, from which order this appeal is taken.

It is conceded that appellee, an alien of Chinese descent, is the wife of Tom Wong, a native-born American citizen, they having been married in China on March 3, 1910. In 1927 Tom Wong applied to- the immigration authorities for a citizen’s return certificate, which was issued to- him, and he departed for China in December of the same year. On December…