United States v. Durie

J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

It may be, that the argument now made by the government in support of the proposition that section 2 of the Chinese exclusion act of 1882 (Act May 6, 1882, c. 126, 22 S.tat. 59), as amended by the act of 1884 (Act July 5, 1884, c. 220, 23 Stat. 115 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1306]), was not impliedly repealed by the act of 1888 (Act Sept. 13, 1888, c. 1015, '§ 9, 25 Stat. 478 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1316]) was not presented to Judge Cross in the district of New Jersey before he decided, in United States v. Wood, 168 Fed. 438, that such repeal had taken place.…