Ex parte Gouyet

BEAN, District Judge.

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of the imprisonment of the petitioner, who is now confined in the United States prison at Leavenworth, Kan., under sentence of this court for violation of Act Cong. Feb. 20, 1907, c. 1134, § 3, 34 Stat. 899 (U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1909, p. 450), entitled “An act to regulate the immigration of aliens into the United; States,” which reads as follows;

“Sec. 3. That the importation into the United States of any alien woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution, or for any other immoral purpose, is…