Moy Wing Sun v. Prentis
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Petition by Moy Wing Sun for writ of habeas corpus against Percy E. Prentis, Immigration Inspector. From an order discharging the writ, petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
AESCPIULER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal brings for review a proceeding by habeas corpus whereby the petitioner, a Chinese, ineffectually sought discharge from custody under a warrant of deportation.
[1] The original warrant of arrest, dated December 8, 1914, was signed “Louis F. Post, Assistant Secretary of Labor,” and recited that petitioner landed at an unknown port on or about July 10, 1913, and was subject 'to b.e taken into custody and returned under section 21 of the Immigration Act of 1907, and was subject to deportation under the provisions of section 6 of the Chinese Exclusion Act,…
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