In Re Y. Akado

The petitioner is in custody upon a warrant of arrest issued upon an indictment charging him with a violation of section 10 of the act adopted by initiative at the November election of 1920, forbidding the acquisition of agricultural lands in this state by any alien who is not eligible to become a citizen of the United States. Claiming that section 10 of the act is invalid and that the indictment states no public offense, he seeks release by a writ of habeas corpus.

Section 1 of the act provides that all aliens eligible to citizenship under the laws of the United States may acquire real…