United States Ex Rel. Tie Sing Eng v. Murff

WEINFELD, District Judge.

The relator, a Chinese native and citizen, detained under a warrant of deportation, applies for a writ of habeas corpus. He entered the United States legally as a crew member of the S.S. Ternate, a Dutch ship. On December 2, 1956, however, he was ordered deported on the ground that he had remained in the United States beyond the twenty-nine (29) day period permitted him as a nonimmigrant seaman.

At the deportation hearing held in October 1956, the relator’s application for voluntary departure to Singapore was granted but the British Government later advised that he…