Ex parte Fong Chow Oi

ST. SURE, District Judge.

Petitioner, claiming to be entitled to admission as a returning native-born citizen of the United States, bearing form 430, was denied admission after hearings before a board of special inquiry, on the ground of failure to establish identity as the person to whom the certificate was issued. She appealed to the Secretary of Labor, and her appeal was denied. Habeas corpus was then applied for, and the matter submitted on briefs, since filed, the government having demurred to the petition. Applicant claimed to be the same Fong Chow Oi to whom a form 430 was issued on…