Gong Nom Wood v. United States
Gong Nom Wood v. United States
Opinion of the Court
“Mr. Knapp: I offer that in evidence.
“Mr. Donegan: I object to it as incompetent, immaterial, and irrelevant, and for the further reason that the defendant was under arrest at the time this examination was made. It was not a judicial proceeding.
“The Commissioner: 1 think it ought to be allowed to go in for what it is worth, subject to any objection that may be taken hereafter, and subject to a motion to strike out.
“Said paper is received in evidence and marked Government Exhibit 1.”
If counsel had relied upon the objection that the appellant was mentally deficient and had offered to show it, there can be little doubt the commissioner would have permitted him to do so.
The order of deportation is affirmed.
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- 1. Aliens (§ 32*) — Chinese Exclusion1 Acts — Peoceedings fob Depobtation. As a general rule, findings of fact made by a commissioner in a proceeding against a Cbinese person for being unlawfully in the United States, concurred in by the District Court, will not be re-examined by the appellate court. 1 [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Aliens, Cent. Dig. §§ 84, 93-95; Dec. Dig. § 32.* What Chinese persons are excluded from the United 'States, see note to Wong Yon v. United States, 104 C. C. A. 538.] 2. Appeal and Erbob (§ 1056*) — Review—Harmless Ebbob. The exclusion of testimony offered to show that a Chinese person, arrested for being wrongfully in the United States, was mentally deficient, held not prejudicial to defendant, even if error, where he was not sworn as a witness, and a copy of his examination when arrested, offered in evidence, was not objected to by his counsel on that ground. [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Appeal and Error, Dec. Dig. § 1056.*]