United States v. Sing Lee

BELLINGER, District Judge.

This is a proceeding for the deportation of the defendant on the ground that he is a Chinese laborer, and that he has failed to register as required by law. The defendant is a resident of the state of California, where he has lived many years. He swears, and proves by the testimony of a number of Chinese witnesses, that he is a merchant doing business in San Francisco. It appears that he is the lessee of some fruit land in California for a term of years, upon which he employs laborers; and the fact is stipulated in the case that he performed manual labor, in aiding…