United States v. Lee

RAY, District Judge.

It was admitted in court on the trial that the defendant is a Chinese person, not a member of the exempt class, and that he came into the United States from the Dominion of Canada, and was apprehended as charged in the complaint and warrant in the case. The defendant came into the state of New York from the Dominion of Canada at Rouses Point on or about the 14th day of July, 1902. This is not one of the designated points at which Chinese persons may enter the United States. The defendant was arrested on or about the 15th day of July, 1902. On the trial he refused to make…