United States ex rel. Patton v. Tod

WINSLOW, District Judge.

This matter comes before the court on a writ of habeas corpus issued out of this court on the petition of Hyman Patton, father of the infant, Pola Patton, who is now being held by the Immigration Commissioner, at Ellis Island, for deportation.

*244This is a case of a feeble-minded alien who first applied for-admission to the United States, together with her mother, brother, and sister, arriving on the steamship Batavia, July 6, 1914. Upon medical examination, she was certified to be an imbecile; the medical certificate reading as follows:

“This is to certify that the…