Jeong Quey How v. White
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the First Division of the Northern District of California; Maurice T. Dooling, Judge. Petition by Jeong Quey How for a writ of habeas corpus against Edward White, as Commissioner of Immigration, Port of San Francisco. Writ denied, and petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
Appeal is taken from the order of the court below denying the appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The appellant made application to enter the United States as a citizen thereof, claiming to be the foreign-born son of Jeong Sun, a native-born citizen of the United States, and thus entitled to enter the United States under section 1993 of the Revised Statutes (Comp. St. § 3947). The appellant was first caused to be examined under the general immigration law, and was found admissible. He was then caused to be examined under the Chinese Exclusion Act,…
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