Ex parte Joe

DOOLING, District Judge.

Petitioner applies for admission to this country as the minor son of a resident merchant. He was denied admission on the ground that the relationship was not satisfactorily established. The chief difficulty was certain discrepancies between the testimony of the applicant and that of the alleged father as to the age and marriage of applicant’s elder brother. Applicant presented a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to this court, which was denied in July of this year. Thereafter the attorney for applicant secured an order from the department to reopen the case for the…