Lund v. United States

KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant is admittedly of Chinese descent, lie claims that he was born in the United States of parents resident here, his father being a Chinese merchant, doing business in this country, and that appellant is thus entitled to the rights of citizenship. The government disputes this assertion, and claims that appellant was smuggled into the United States from Canada, and is thus here in violation of the immigration laws.

He was arrested at Silver Creek, N. Y., in February, 1919, was given a preliminary hearing before the immigration inspector at Buffalo, N. Y., on March…