United States v. Quong Chee
Arizona Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the District Court of the Third Judicial District. Edward Kent, Judge. Quong Chee, a Chinese person, came from China to the United States in the year 1871, and from that time until 1891 was a merchant in Phoenix, Arizona.
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APPEAL from a judgment of the District Court of the Third Judicial District. Edward Kent, Judge. Quong Chee, a Chinese person, came from China to the United States in the year 1871, and from that time until 1891 was a merchant in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1880 he returned to China, and stayed there ten months, re-entering the United States in 1881, and in 1891, while still a merchant in Phoenix, he again returned to China, from which place he again re-entered the United States in 1897, and remained thereafter for several months in Phoenix, attempting to collect debts resulting from his business as…
1Opinion of the CourtDoan, J.
— The first error assigned is the admission in evidence of the merchant’s certificate, granted him on his last return from China in 1897, the ground of the objection being that the certificate fails to comply with the statute which requires that it should state that he is entitled by virtue of act of July 5, 1884, chapter 220, 23 Stat. 116 (U. S. Comp. Stats. 1901, p. 1307), to come within the United States. The certificate was placed in evidence, and appears in the record. It stated: “This eertifi*22eate is issued under section 6 of the act of Congress of the United States, approved July 5,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lau Ow Bew v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Chew Heong v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Li Sing v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Wan Shing v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Case of the Chinese MerchantUnited States Circuit Court · 1882
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