United States v. Jung Ah Lung
Supreme Court of the United States
APPE'AL ÉBOM THE CIROÜIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE ' DISTRICT OE CALIFORNIA. This was a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The court below ordered the discharge of the prisoner, from which judgment the United States- appealed. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Me. JustiCe Blatchfoe©
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal by the United States from a judgment of the Circuit Couft of the 'United States for the District of California, affirming the judgment of the District Court of that district, in a case of habeas corpus, which ordered the discharge Uom custody of the person in whose behalf the writ > was sued out.
On the 28th of September, 1885, a petition was presented to the District Court, alleging that Jung Ah Lung, a subject of the Emperor, of China, was unlawfully restrained of his liberty by the master of a steamship in the port…
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