Legal Opinion
Hachiji Shibata v. Tillinghast
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided April 5, 1929No. 3989PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREWSTER, District Judge.
This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to release *802one Haehiji Shibata, a native and citizen of Japan, who has been arrested on a deportation warrant.
The material facts may be briefly stated. The alien has resided in the United States for the greater part of the last 20 years. His last entry was in 1919. On July 16, 1926, on a plea of guilty, the alien was sentenced to 3 years’ imprisonment in the House of Correction at Worcester, Mass., on an indictment charging him, among other things, with the unlawful sale of narcotic drugs, in violation of the Act of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hampton v. Wong GingCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1924
- United States ex rel. Grimaldi v. EbeyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1926
- Chung Que Fong v. NagleCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1926
- Weedin v. Moy FatCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1925
3Cited by2 opinions
- Todaro v. MunsterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1933
- United States ex rel. Cassetta v. Commissioner of ImmigrationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932