Chin Ten Teung v. Ward

BREWSTER, District Judge.

This petition for a writ of habeas corpus brings in question an excluding decision of a majority of a Board of Special Inquiry, affirmed on appeal.

The citizenship of the father is conceded, and only a slight doubt is expressed about the relationship of the applicant to the citizen. A consideration of the record leaves no room for any such doubt.

The decision is based upon a finding that the applicant was born prior to August, 1923, when the father first entered the United States and, therefore, inadmissible in view of Weedin, Com’r v. Chin Bow, 274 U.S. 657, 47 S.Ct.…