Wong Woo v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District- Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas; Thomas S. Maxey, Judge. Proceedings by the United States against Wong Woo for the deportation of defendant as a Chinese person unlawfully within the United States. From an order of the District Court, affirming the United States Commissioner’s order for deportation, defendant appeals.
1Per curiam
The appeal is from an order of the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas, affirming an order of the United States commissioner for the deportation of the appellant under “An act to prohibit tire coming of Chinese persons into the United States,”, approved May 5, 1892 (27 Statutes at Earge, p. 25). The appellant resisted the order upon the ground1 that he was born in San Francisco, and therefore not subject to deportation under the terms of that act.
The government’s contention was that he had entered the United States from Mexico at El Paso. The appellant…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Moy Guey Lum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1914
- Chew Hing v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1904
- Eng Choy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1910
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- Moy Jik v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1918