In re Lee Tong

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus, to deliver the prisoner, Lee Tong, from the chstody of the chief of police of this city upon the ground that he is thereby deprived of his liberty without due-process of law, g.nd therefore contrary to the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United .States. Notice was given of the application to the city attorney, who appeared and was heard against the .petition. A stipulation as to the facts was made and filed by counsel, from which and the petition it appears that by section 37, subd. 5, of the act of October 24, 1882, (Sess.…