UNITED STATES v. SHAUGHNESSY


105 F.Supp. 22 (1952)

UNITED STATES ex rel. KENG HO CHANG v. SHAUGHNESSY, District Director, New York District Immigration & Naturalization Service.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

May 12, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur S. Schapira, New York City, for relator.

Myles J. Lane, U. S. Atty. for the Southern District of New York, New York City, (William J. Sexton, Asst, U. S. Atty., Lester Friedman, Attorney, Immigration & Naturalization Service, New York City, of counsel), for respondent.


IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

The relator seeks to sustain a writ of habeas corpus.

The relator is a 28 year old Chinese citizen who first entered this country at the port of Baltimore, Maryland, on October 12, 1947 as a seaman aboard the S. S. "Negara". He apparently entered and has remained here illegally since then except for three continuous voyages he made between August 28, 1951 and March 3, 1952 aboard the S. S. "Roger Griswold". He shipped on...

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