Goon Hen Soo v. Johnson

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order and judgment of the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts, dismissing a petition for writ of habeas corpus, denying the writ, and remanding the petitioner to the custody of the respondent.

Goon Hen Soo applied for admission at the port of Boston as a citizen of the United States, on the ground that he was the son of a native-born American citizen, Goon Wing Quin, alias Goon Bon Theung. The birth and citizenship of the alleged father 'of the applicant were conceded.

After a hearing before the board' of special…