Mah Shee v. White
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the First Division of the Northern District of California; Maurice T. Dooling, Judge. Habeas corpus by Mah Shee, by Chung Leong, against Edward White, as Commissioner of Immigration at the Port of San Francisco, Cal. From an order denying the writ, the petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, Circuit Judge.
Mah Shee, a Chinese woman, appellant herein, applied to enter the United States at San Francisco. She claimed to be the wife of Chung Leong, a Chinaman, native citizen of the United States returning from a visit to China in August, 1916. Mah Shee came with him, and her application to enter the United States as the wife of a citizen thereof was heard before an immigration inspector under orders of the Commissioner of Immigration. After examination of the witnesses, the inspector found that the woman was the wife of Chung Leong, a native-born citizen of the United States,…
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