Ex parte Bunji Une

COSGRAVE, District Judge.

This matter comes before the court on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in behalf of Bunji Une, a Japanese and native of Japan. The petition alleges that the petitioner is restrained of his liberty by Walter E. Carr, District Director of Immigration for the port of Los Angeles.

The grounds upon which the petition is based may be reduced to two: First, that the evidence shows conclusively that petitioner entered the United States prior to July 1, 1924, and, five years having elapsed before the warrant was issued, he is not subject to deportation; and, second, that…