Fong Ping Ngar v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeal from an order of the Dislric Court, Southern District of New York, affirming an order of the United States commissioner and ordering defendant’s deportation to China.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
Defendant alleged that he was born in San Francisco — or rather that his father told him he was horn there —and that he had never been out of the United States. His counsel has argued at great length and with an abundant citation of authorities that on questions of pedigree hearsay evidence is admissible. He evidently supposes that in our recent decision in Lee Sim v. U. S. (C. C. A.) 218 Fed. 432 † (Nov. 1914), we held that such testimony was not admissible. This is a mistake; testimony may be competent, and nevertheless unconvincing or even unpersuasive, and we were…
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- Hong Yon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1908
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