Legal Opinion
In re Saito
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Decided June 27, 1894PublishedCited by 19 opinions
Application by Shebata Saito for naturalization.
1Opinion of the Court
COLT, Circuit Judge.
This is an application b"y a native of Japan for naturalization.
The act relating to naturalization declares that “the provisions of this title shall apply to aliens being free white persons, and to aliens of African nativity and to persons of African descent.” Rev. St. § 2169. The Japanese, like the Chinese, belong to. the Mongolian race, and the question presented is whether they are included within the term “white persons.”
These words were incorporated in the naturalization laws as early as 1802. 2 Stat. 154. At that time the country was inhabited by three races, the…
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