Hughes v. United States ex rel. Licata
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Oliver B. Dickinson, Judge. Habeas corpus proceeding by the United States, on the relation of • Giuseppina Eicata, against James E. Hughes, Commissioner of Immigration, Port of Philadelphia, and another. The relator was discharged (289 Fed. 808), and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLEEY, Circuit Judge.
[1] Giuseppina Eicata, an. alien, sailed from Italy on September 28, 1922, and arrived at the Port of New York on October 13, following. She was detained in the hospital at Ellis Island until October 23. On that day two United States Public Health Surgeons certified that she was afflicted with trachoma, a dangerous contagious disease. On the surgeons' certificate a Board of Special Inquiry found that she had the disease and entered an order that she be excluded from the country. She .was then put on board the Steamship Colombo for deportation under a warrant issued *801by…
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