United States ex rel. Wlodinger v. Reimer

PATTERSON, Circuit Judge.

The appellant is an alien, admitted to this country in 1920. He was ordered deported by the Secretary of Labor on May 15, 1935, as one found assisting a prostitute. The Act of February 5, 1917, section 19 (8 U.S.C. § 155, 8 U.S.C.A. § 155), provides that “any alien * * * who in any way assists any prostitute * * * shall, upon the warrant of the Secretary of Labor, be taken into custody and deported.” The appellant took out a writ of habeas corpus. The writ was heard and dismissed in the District Court.

*436The appellant says that there was no evidence before the Secretary…