Legal Opinion

United States v. Wong Dep Ken

District Court, S.D. California

Decided July 31, 1893No. 437PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Proceeding by the United States against Wong Dep Ken, a Chinese person alleged to he unlawfully in the United States. The commissioner sentenced defendant to imprisonment at hard labor and deportation. Defendant appealed to this court. A motion to dismiss the appeal was denied. 57 Fed. Rep. 203. The appeal is now on final hearing. Decree sentencing defendant to deportation only.

1Opinion of the Court

ROSS, District Judge.

This is an appeal taken by the defendant, a Chinese per-son, from an order made by a court commissioner *207for this district directing' that he he imprisoned at hard labor in the state prison at San Quentin, and thereafter deported to China. The proceedings before the commissioner were commenced by (he tiling with, him of a verified complaint charging that, after the passage of the act of congress entitled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese/” approved May 6, 1882, (22 Stat. 58,) “one Ming Lee Tue did come into…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hurtado v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  2. Ex Parte WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  3. MacKin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  4. Taylor v. CarpenterU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1844

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Tsoi Sim v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1902
  2. In re Ah TaiDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1903
  3. Low Foon Yin v. United States Immigration Com'rCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1906
  4. United States v. Sing LeeDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1896
  5. United States v. Chun HoyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1901

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