Legal Opinion
In re Lee Ping
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided October 31, 1900No. Nos. 4,523, 4,524Published
On Petitions by Lee Ping and Lum Tow for Writs of Habeas Corpus.
1Opinion of the Court
BELLINGER, District Judge.
The petitioners are Chinese boys, aged, respectively, 16 and 18 years, who have been refused a landing in this country by the collector of customs at this port. The petitioners have certificates as to their student character, viséd by the American consul at Canton, which conform to the requirements of the act of congress in respect to the admission into the country of persons of that class. The act of congress provides as follows:
“Such certificate vised as aforesaid shall be prima facie evidence of the facts set forth therein, and shall be produced to the collector…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Nishimura Ekiu v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- In re OtaDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1899
- United States v. Gin FungCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1900