United States v. Hom Hing
District Court, N.D. New York
At Law. This is an application for a commission to take testimonyof witnesses residing in Han Francisco in a proceeding under the Chinese exclusion acts, pending before Edward L. Strong, a United States commissioner at Ogdensburgh in this district. The affidavit upon which the motion is based is not entitled in the United States district court, but “before Edward L. Strong, United States commissioner.” The motion is made at a special session of the district court.
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At Law. This is an application for a commission to take testimonyof witnesses residing in Han Francisco in a proceeding under the Chinese exclusion acts, pending before Edward L. Strong, a United States commissioner at Ogdensburgh in this district. The affidavit upon which the motion is based is not entitled in the United States district court, but “before Edward L. Strong, United States commissioner.” The motion is made at a special session of the district court. The proposed order is entitled “At a special term of the United States district court,” it directs that a dedimus potenlatem…
1Opinion of the CourtCoxe, J.
The defendant was arrested under the Chinese exclusion acts, charged with having come illegally into the United States, and brought before Commissioner Edward L. Strong. Testimony was given before the commissioner tending to show that the defendant was born in the United States and, for this reason, entitled to remain. A motion is now made at a special session of the district court for a commission to examine witnesses residing at San Francisco who will, it is alleged, disprove defendant’s testimony as to the country of his nativity. It is conceded for the purposes of this motion that the…
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