Jew Theu v. Nagle

DIETRICH, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, claiming to be the son of an American-born Chinese father, was denied admission upon the ground that the alleged relationship was not established. By the court below his application for a writ of habeas corpus was denied, and he appeals.

Much of the oral argument was addressed to a perplexing question of procedure in the trial court, but subsequently, by stipulation, the record was put in such condition that we have only to consider the merits, and the single question is whether the evidence submitted1 on the application for admission so conclusively…