CHING HONG YUK v. UNITED STATES


23 F.2d 174 (1927)

CHING HONG YUK v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

December 12, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George S. Curry, of Honolulu, Hawaii, and Frederick W. Dorr and W. H. Eberly, both of San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Sanford B. D. Wood, U. S. Atty., and Charles H. Hogg, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Honolulu, Hawaii, and Geo. J. Hatfield, U. S. Atty., and T. J. Sheridan, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of San Francisco, Cal.

Before GILBERT, RUDKIN, and DIETRICH, Circuit Judges.


DIETRICH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order made by the United States District Court in Hawaii for the deportation of Wong Hung Yuk, a person of Chinese descent domiciled in that territory and claiming to be an American citizen. The warrant of arrest, based upon a complaint filed February 3, 1927, was issued by and the hearing was in the first instance had before the District Judge. Defendant's contention is that he was born in Honolulu in 1896, and when...

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