United States v. Wong Lai
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Territory of Hawaii; Horace W. Vaughan, Judge. Habeas corpus proceeding by Wong Dai against the United States. From an adverse judgment, the United States appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
The appellee, a Chinese person, made application to enter the United States at Honolulu, Hawaii, having arrived there by ship December 10, 1918, basing his application upon the claim that he was bom in Hawaii February 11, 1897, and was taken as a baby to China by his father, where he had ever since remained until his attempted return to his alleged native land. The applicant, presenting affidavits of Wong Hin and Wong Go, was then, with them and one other Chinese witness, examined before the immigration inspector in the effort to establish his alleged right. He stated his…
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