King v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Proceeding for deportation of Yee King and Yee Sing under the Chinese exclusion act. From an order of the District Court, affirming an order of deportation made by the commissioner, defendants appeal.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Proceeding for deportation of Yee King and Yee Sing under the Chinese exclusion act. From an order of the District Court, affirming an order of deportation made by the commissioner, defendants appeal. The cases were originally heard before United States Commissioner Shields in the Southern district of New York, who found that the defendants were Chinese persons and laborers and were within the said Southern district without having the necessary certificates of residence. He also found that the testimony…
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
The defendants attempted to prove that they were' citizens of the United States: Yee King testified that he was born in San Francisco and lived there 11 years, when he came to New York -where he remained for 3 years and then went to Tarry-town. His parents, he says, went to China when he was 9 years old and are there now, or at least they were there on the day when the testimony was taken, May 12, 1904.
The only knowledge he had as to the place of his birth was from his father, although it would seem that this information was actually derived from his uncle. He says, “My…
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