United States v. Lee Yen Tai
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This is a motion to vacate and set aside the order of the United States district judge, admitting the above-named Lee Yen Tai to bail.
1Per curiam
On November 16, 1900, Lee Yen Tai, a Chinese laborer, was tried before a United States commissioner for the Northern district of New York, and found guilty of being unlawfully within the United States, in violation of the Chinese exclusion laws, and an order of deportation made by said commissioner, and placed in the hands of the United States marshal of that district for execution. Th,e said marshal, in execution of said order, brought the Chinaman within the Southern district of New York, whereupon a writ of habeas corpus was issued by the district judge of said district upon the ground of…
2Cited by1 opinion
- United States v. Lee Yen TaiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1902