Jung Kwok Hin v. Burnett
Jung Kwok Hin v. Burnett
Opinion of the Court
The case is fairly stated by counsel for the appellant. The latter was arrested by the appellee pursuant to a departmental warrant issued under section 19 of the Act of Congress of February 5, 1917 (39 Stat. 874, c. 29 [Comp. St. 1918, § 4289}4jj]) as a Chinese alien unlawfully in this country. Proceedings were had before the appellee, resulting in an order of deportation being made by the Secretary of Labor, directing the appellant to be deported whence he came. A petition for a writ of habeas corpus was filed by him in the court below, upon which a rule to show cause was issued and a return thereto made, upon consideration of which the court ordered the rule discharged and the appellant remanded to the custody of the appellee. It is to reverse that judgment that the present appeal was taken.
It is conceded that the appellant is a Chinese laborer, and had not the certificate of residence required by section 6 of the Chinese Exclusion Act of May 5, 1892 (27 Stat. 25, c. 60) as amended by the Act of November 3, 1893 (28 Stat. 7, c. 14 [Comp. St § 4320]). It is further conceded that by section 19 of the Act of Congress of February 5, 1917, the burden rested upon the appellant to show his right to remain in the United States.
An attentive examination of the record shows, we think, that we would not be justified in interfering with the findings made upon the evidence by the inspector, to the effect that the appellant is a person of Chinese descent and a laborer by occupation; that under the name Ong Hoy Suie he made application at San Francisco, Cal., December 5, 1912, for preinvestigation of his status, claiming that he was born at 210 I street, Sacramento, of a father who died in China in 1894, and
Upon those facts, both the appellee and the Secretary of Labor determined that the appellant had not sustained the burden cast upon him by the law, which conclusion we are unable to hold erroneous.
The judgment is affirmed.
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