Legal Opinion

In re Umeno

District Court, D. Hawaii

Decided March 7, 1910Published

Habeas Corpus: Petition for writ.

1Opinion of the CourtDole, J.

The petitioner, being restrained of her liberty at Honolulu by H. Hackfeld & Company, Limited, by virtue of proceedings under the act of Congress of February 20, 1907 (34 Stat, L. 899), — and more especially under the provisions of section 3 thereof, whereby an alien woman or girl “found an inmate of a house of prostitution, or practicing prostitution, *482at any time within three years after she shall have entered the Hnited States, shall be deemed to be unlawfully within the Hnited States, and shall be deported as provided by sections 20 and 21 of this act,” — applied to this court for a writ…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Hopt v. People of Territory of UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  2. Fong Yue Ting v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  3. The Japanese Immigrant CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  4. Nishimura Ekiu v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  5. Lem Moon Sing v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895

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