Ex parte Hor Yuk Sang
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Petition by Hor Yuk Sang for writ of habeas corpus to the Commissioner of Immigration of the Port of Boston.
1Opinion of the Court
MORTON, District Judge.
Habeas corpus to the commissioner of immigration at the port of Boston. The writ issued, and the case was heard on the question whether the petitioner is entitled to he discharged from custody. The only evidence was a transcript of the deportation proceedings against him in the Immigration Department.
The facts are not seriously in dispute, and are as follows: The petitioner is a Chinese person, who was admitted into this country at the port of New York on March 5, 1917. He then claimed to be a member of the merchant class, and he presented the official papers necessary…
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