LEWIS v. JOHNSON

No. 1931.

16 F.2d 180 (1926)

LEWIS ex rel. LAI THUEY LEM v. JOHNSON, Commissioner of Immigration.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 18, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Lewis, of Boston, Mass., for appellant.

George R. Farnum, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Boston, Mass. (Harold P. Williams, U. S. Atty., of Boston, Mass., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BINGHAM, JOHNSON, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

This habeas corpus case presents the familiar question whether the applicant is the foreign-born son of a native-born citizen. The court below dismissed the writ without opinion, apparently refusing to hear any evidence outside the record before the immigration authorities.

The applicant, Lai Thuey Lem, arrived in Boston in April, 1924. He claimed admission as the son of Lai Sing Woo, presenting an affidavit, purporting to be that...

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