Jeu Jo Wan v. Nagle

RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The appellant applied for admission to the United States, basing Ms application on a teacher certificate issued pursuant to section 6 of the Act of May 6, 1882 (22 Stat. 60), entitled “An act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese,” as amended by the Act of July 5, 1884 (23 Stat. 116 [Comp. St. § 4293]). The certificate states, among other things, that the present occupation of the appellant is that of teacher, and that he had pursued that occupation for about four years.…