Ong Chew Lung v. Burnett
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Arizona; Wm. II. Sawtelle, Judge. Application by Ong Chew Rung, also known as Ong Gin Lung, for a writ of habeas corpus against Alfred E. Burnett, Inspector in Charge of United States Immigration Service at Tucson, Ariz. From a judgment denying the writ, applicant appeals.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Arizona; Wm. II. Sawtelle, Judge. Application by Ong Chew Rung, also known as Ong Gin Lung, for a writ of habeas corpus against Alfred E. Burnett, Inspector in Charge of United States Immigration Service at Tucson, Ariz. From a judgment denying the writ, applicant appeals. The appellant came to the United States from China in 1908, when he was less than 18 years of age, and he acquired a domicile here as the son of Ong Hung, a resident merchant of San Francisco. He attended school until October, 1907, when he became an…
1Opinion of the CourtGirbert, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] With the exception of the time occupied in a visit to China, the appellant had been 11 years domiciled as a merchant and as the minor son of Ong Hung, a merchant, in the United States, when proceedings for his deportation were commenced. If Ong Hung in 1903 was engaged solely in conducting a factory for the manufacture of materials furnished by others, he was not a merchant; but if, in addition to the work of a factory, he bought and sold goods, he was a merchant. The statement made by the appellant that his father (was engaged in conducting a factory…
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