In re Howard
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Petition by John James Howard for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain his release from custody info which he was taken by order of the secretary of the treasury, to he returned to England, from which country it was claimed he came in violation of tire contract-labor law.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
The federal statute of 1885 (chapter 1(54) and the amendments thereto (chapter 220 of 1887 and chapter 1210 of 1888), with some addiiional provisions contained in chapter 551 of 1891, make up what is generally referred to as the “'Contract-Labor Law.” That law undertakes to protect per*264sons performing labor or service here against competition from abroad by prohibiting the importation or migration of aliens or foreigners under contract or agreement to perform labor or service made prior to such importation or migration. All hinds of labor or service, however, are not…
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