Dea Hong v. Nagle

RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

Dea Hong, Dea Chuck, Dea Ton, and Dea Fong made application to enter the United States at the port of San Francisco, as sons of Dea Chung Wing, a native-born citizen of the United States. The application was denied by the Department of Labor, and a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in their behalf was thereupon presented to the court below. The petition was based u’pon two grounds: First, because the decision of the board of special inquiry and the Secretary of Labor was based upon testimony given by the alleged father in 1900, before a referee appointed by the…