Prentis v. Di Giacomo
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. Habeas corpus by Alessandro Di Giacomo against Percy I,. Prentis, Immigrant Inspector, in charge at Chicago. Order discharging petitioner, and respondent appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. Habeas corpus by Alessandro Di Giacomo against Percy I,. Prentis, Immigrant Inspector, in charge at Chicago. Order discharging petitioner, and respondent appeals. This appeal is from a decree of the District Court, upon hearing of an application for writ of habeas corpus, discharging the petitioner, Alessandro Di Giacomo, from custody of the appellant, immigrant inspector of the United States at Chicago. The record shows that the petitioner is an Italian and landed in this country June 24. 1907, as an…
1Opinion of the Court
SEAMAN, Circuit: Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The decree of the District Court discharges the appellee from the custody *468•of the Immigration Bureau and Department of Commerce and Labor, under his application for writ of habeas corpus — in effect setting aside •a deportation warrant issued by that department — wherein, the proceedings for deportation were plainly within the jurisdiction of the department, under the acts of Congress “to regulate the immigration ■of aliens into the United States,” either under the act of March 3, 1903 {32 Stat. 1213), or the act of February 20, 1907…
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