United States ex rel. Deck v. Commissioner of Immigration & Naturalization

CAFFEY, District Judge.

1. The claim by the relator that he is the son of an American-born Chinese does not entitle him to a trial de novo by the court. United States ex rel. Jew Lee v. Brough (D.C.) 16 F.(2d) 492.

2. Within the narrow scope of review on habeas corpus of proceedings before the Labor Department, I think it clear, on the evidence, that there is no warrant for reversal of its_ decision. The executive officials are not bound by the ordinary rules of evidence prevailing in court trials of common-law actions. In a case where the controlling issue is the paternity of an applicant born…