Wong Tee Toon v. Stump, Immigration Com'r
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore, John C. Rose, Judge. Petition by Wong Yee Toon against Bertram N. Stump, Commissioner of Immigration, for writ of habeas corpus. From a judgment denying the writ (227 Fed. 247), petitioner appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore, John C. Rose, Judge. Petition by Wong Yee Toon against Bertram N. Stump, Commissioner of Immigration, for writ of habeas corpus. From a judgment denying the writ (227 Fed. 247), petitioner appeals. The facts which are not controverted in this case, are in substance these: The appellant, Wong Yee Toon (who will hereafter be referred to as Toon), came from China to the United States on the steamship Korea, landing in San Francisco, Cal., about October 19, 1913. An inspector for the Department of…
1Opinion of the CourtBoyd, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). In order to dispose of the case, it will be necessary in our opinion to consider only the first assignment of error, which is as follows:
“It was an error to dismiss the writ of habeas corpus, as the petitioner is entitled to his liberty.”
This brings us at once to the consideration of the proposition as to whether or not there was any evidence to sustain the action of the executive department in ordering the deportation of Toon. Referring to the facts in addition to those found upon the admission of Toon, the learned judge who heard the writ of habeas corpus…
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