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WEEDIN v. CHIN BOW

No. 237.

274 U.S. 657 (1927)

WEEDIN, COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION, v. CHIN BOW.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 6, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alfred A. Wheat, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell and Mr. Frank M. Parrish, Attorney in the Department of Justice, were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Charles E. Hughes, with whom Mr. Clement L. Bouve was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a writ of certiorari to review a judgment of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirming an order of the District Court for the Western District of Washington allowing a writ of habeas corpus for Chin Bow, a Chinese boy ten years of age, and granting him a discharge. The petition for certiorari was filed October 29, 1925, and granted December 7, 1925, 269 U.S....

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