Woo Vey v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio; John H. Clarke, Judge. Proceeding by the United States against Woo Vey. Defendant was found by the commissioner to be a Chinese person unlawfully in the United States, and ordered deported, and on trial de novo in the District Court the commissioner’s decision was sustained, and defendant ordered deported. From that judgment, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
By due procedure under the Chinese Exclusion Act, appellant was by a commissioner adjudged to be “a Chinese person and a person of Chinese descent, and * * * a laborer unlawfully within the United States,” and was accordingly ordered deported to China. Upon a trial de novo in the District Court, the commissioner’s decision was sustained, and deportation ordered.
[1] It is admitted that appellant is of Chinese parentage. The only meritorious question arises over his contention that he was born in the United States. If he was born here, then under the testimony otherwise…
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