In re Lee Leong

A writ of habeas corpus issued on the allegation of the petitioner 'Lee Leong’s unlawful detention in the custody of the respondent, the immigration inspector in charge at the port of Honolulu, for the purpose of deportation, the petitioner being entitled to land as a citizen by virtue of birth in Hawaii on or about the 21st day of January, 1888, of parents then domiciled here and lawfully married, and he being now on his return to Hawaii after having at the age of four years been taken to China by his parents with whom he has since resided there. The petition for the writ alleged as the…