Ex parte Cheung Sum Shee

KERRIGAN, District Judge.

These cases come before the court on petitions for writs of habeas corpus by or on behalf of certain Chinese women and children seeking to enter the United States for the first time, in case No. 18416 as the wives and children of domiciled Chinese merchants, or in case numbered 18417 as alien Chinese wives of citizens of the United States of Chinese descent. They present no consular visé issued under the provisions of the Immigration Act of 1924 (43 Stat. 153), but base their claim to be entitled to enter this country upon their status as such Chinese wives or…