United States v. Eng Suak Lun

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

A complaint was filed before a United States Commissioner against Lun charging that he was an alien and citizen of China, that he had been convicted under subdivision (e), section 2, Act Feb. 9, 1909-as amended by section 1 of Act of May 26, 1922 (21 USCA § 174), and that he was a Chinese lit-borer in the United States in violation of the Act of April 27, 1904 (33 Stat. 428, 8 USCA § 263). After a hearing the Commissioner made an order of deportation. Lun appealed to the District Court of the United States for the District of Kansas where a trial was had de novo.

At the…