Sire v. Berkshire
District Court, W.D. Texas
_ Petition for writ of habeas corpus by Marcelle Sire to obtain her discharge from the custody of P. W. Berkshire and another pursuant to a warrant of deportation.
1Opinion of the Court
MAXEY, District Judge (after stating the facts as above).
The order of deportation issued by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor was made pursuant to the provisions of section 3 of the Act of February 20, 1907, c. 1134, 34 Stat. 899 (U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1909, p. 450), as amended by section 2 of the Act of March 26, 1910, c. 128, 36 Stat. 264. The manner or method of deportation is shown by sections 20 and 21 of the former act.
Counsel for the petitioner, throughout the argument, proceeded upon the assumption that the proceeding to deportan alien is a criminal prosecution, and that the person…
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