Ng Kai Ben v. Weedin

WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

The petition of the appellant for writ of habeas corpus was denied by the District Court for the Western District of Washington, Northern Division, and he appeals from that order. The appellant, when 9 years of age, was admitted to the United States at Seattle on May 8, 1923, as the minor son of Ng See Jow, also known as Ng Yuen Lip, a domiciled Chinese merchant- of Seattle. On December 6,1927, an inspector of the immigration service found the appellant in a laundry operated by Ng Sing. Both were arrested for being unlawfully within the United States. A department…