United States v. Ruiz
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Rufus E. Foster, Judge. ■ Habeas corpus by the United States, on relation of Alfred Ruiz, to procure relator’s discharge from the custody of the United States Commissioner of Immigration at the port of New Orleans. From an order discharging relator on his own recognizance, the government appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
GRUBB, District Judge.
This is an appeal by the United States from an order of the District Court making absolute a writ of habeas corpus applied for by the relator, who sought to be released from the custody of the Commissioner of Immigration at New Orleans, by whom he was held under a warrant issued by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor for his deportation to Spain, upon the ground that he was an alien of one of the excluded classes, having introduced into this country a woman for the purpose of prostitution.
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- United States ex rel. Ruiz v. RedfernU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana · 1911
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