v0835-519

No. 2317.

IN THE

UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Appellant,

vs.

LI CHIONG,

Appellee.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF

LI CHIONG FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS.

BRIEF or APPELLANT

STATEMENT OF THE CASE.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Dis-

trict Court of the Territory of Hawaii discharging

Li Chiong, a Chinese citizen and a person of Chinese

descent, upon a writ of habeas corpus from the cus-

tody of the immigration authorities who held the

said Li Chiong in custody for the purpose of pre-

venting him from entering the United States under

the Chinese Exclusion Act.

The facts of the case are few and simple. Li

Chiong presented himself for admission to the

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