United States ex rel. Rennie v. Brooks

TUTTLE, District Judge.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding, brought by an alien who alleges that he is unlawfully detained by United States immigration officials by virtue of a warrant for his deportation, under which they are about to deport him. He asserts that such warrant is illegal and void, and he seeks to be released from custody thereunder. It appears that petitioner was arrested, given a hearing, and thereupon ordered to be deported, on the ground, among others, that he admits having committed, prior to his entry into the United States, a crime involving moral turpitude, namely, the…