Tama Miyake v. United States
Tama Miyake v. United States
Opinion of the Court
The appellant, a Japanese alien, was ordered deported from the United States by the immigration authorities at Honolulu, Plawaii, on the ground that she was fo'und receiving, sharing in, and deriving benefit from the earnings of a prostitute or prostitutes, and that she had been found connected with the management 'of a house.of prostitution. On appeal to the Department of Commerce and Labor, the order of deportation was affirmed.
At the time when the deportation proceedings were begun against her, the appellant was under arrest and was about to be tried in the district court of Honolulu under the laws of Hawaii on the charge that she was keeping and maintaining a house of ill fame used or resorted to for the purpose of prostitution. Those proceedings were dismissed, and on the same day the immigration authorities proceeded against her ■for deportation. She filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for Hawaii, on which an order was issued to show cause, and on the hearing on the return to the writ it
The judgment is affirmed.
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- Full Case Name
- TAMA MIYAKE v. UNITED STATES
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