Ex parte Horn
District Court, W.D. Washington
Habeas Corpus. Petition by A1 Horn for writ to secure release from custody as an undesirable alien. The petitioner, a Hebrew alien, native of Russia (now Poland), entered at the port of New York, in July, 1913, proceeding to Seattle, where he has since resided. He has a wife and children living in Poland.
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Habeas Corpus. Petition by A1 Horn for writ to secure release from custody as an undesirable alien. The petitioner, a Hebrew alien, native of Russia (now Poland), entered at the port of New York, in July, 1913, proceeding to Seattle, where he has since resided. He has a wife and children living in Poland. In December. 1920, he went to Canada, became involved in the importation of 22 cases of liquor, and re-entered the United States, was arrested, and prosecuted under the Washington state Prohibition Act, pleaded guilty, and was fined and imprisoned. He was thereafter arrested and charged with…
1Opinion of the CourtNeterer, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] The sole question for this court to determine is whether the petitioner was accorded a fair trial. This court said in Ex parte Moola Singh et al., 207 Fed. 780, at page 782, and repeated this in Ex parte Chin Doe Tung, 236 Fed. 1017, at page 1018:
“The authority of the immigration officers and the jurisdiction of the courts depend upon power conferred by Congress. It is a matter of legislation. No discretion is vested in the courts. Congress has the right to legislate upon the subject, prescribe rules, fix limits, and confer authority where *457It deems…
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