Nagle

Wong Shee v. Nagle

Good Law
7 F.2d 612·1925 U.S. App. LEXIS 3608
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitSeptember 14, 1925No. 4541California641 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Hunt, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment denying a petition for writ of habeas corpus. The grounds upon, which the petition is based 'are that there was not sufficient evidence to justify the .issuance of the warrant of arrest against Wong Shee; that the warrant of deportation was issued without probable cause or sufficient legal evidence to support the charge contained in the warrant of arrest and in the warrant of deportation.

The warrant of deportation issued by the Secretary of Labor states that Wong Shee, alias Chew Wah, had been, found practicing prostitution after her entry into the United States, and that she had been found an inmate of a house of prostitution.

The decision of the Board of Review was based upon findings that Wong Shee was admitted at San Francisco as the wife of an American citizen, and that two Chinese women testified positively that they knew Wong Shee, alias Chew Wah, had practiced, prostitution at a named place in San Francisco.

The warrant of arrest, issued by the acting Assistant Secretary of Labor under date March 1, 1924, recited that from evidence submitted to him it appeared that Wong Shee, alias Chew Wah, who landed at San. Francisco on the…

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