White v. Wong Quen Luck
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the. District Court of the United States for the First Division of the Northern District of California; Maurice T. Dooling, Judge. Application by Wong Quen Luck for a writ of habeas corpus against Edward White, Commissioner of Immigration at the Port of San Francisco. From an order issuing the writ, and discharging the petitioner,- respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, Circuit Judge.
Wong Quen Luck was discharged from custody after hearing in habeas corpus proceedings before the District Court, and the commissioner of immigration at San Francisco has appealed from the order of discharge.
Wong Quen Luck, about 16 years old, was born in China, and claimed to be the son of Wong Shoon Jung, a native of the United States. Luck applied to be admitted in June, 1915; his application was heard, and finally denied, by the Secretary of Labor, upon the ground that the relationship claimed was not established, in that discrepancies developed in the testimony of some…
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