Legal Opinion
United States v. Ong Deilk
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided March 9, 1931PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ADLER, District Judge.
The defendant was arrested on November 8, 1929, charged with unlawfully residing in the United States in violation of section 3 of the Act of May 5,1892 (8 USCA § 284), commonly known as the Chinese Exclusion Laws. He claims to have been born within the United States and consequently to be a citizen thereof. lie is a person of Chinese descent, and admittedly is in the United States without right unless, as he claims, he was born in this country. The burden is upon him to establish his natiyity to the satisfaction of the judge. Wong Chung v. United States (C. C. A.) 244…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Quock Ting v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Toy Wing Yow v. NagleCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1928
- Wong Chung v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1917
3Cited by1 opinion
- United States v. Eng Suak LunCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1933