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WONG GIM YING v. UNITED STATES

No. 12893.

231 F.2d 776 (1956)

WONG GIM YING, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 29, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John T. Bonner, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. John D. Lane, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., Lewis Carroll and Edward O. Fennell, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and WASHINGTON and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.

DANAHER, Circuit Judge.

This case presents alleged errors in appellant's conviction of contempt of court.

In 1951, two Chinese males, then residents of Hong Kong, made application for documentation as American citizens, seeking passports to enter the United States as two of seven children born to one Lee Mai Poi, admittedly an American citizen. Claiming to be brothers of the appellant they submitted a photograph of the appellant with themselves and others...

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