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Tliis is an appeal from an order denying a petition for writ of habeas corpus. The appellant applied for admission to the United States, basing his application on a traveler certificate issued pursuant to section 6 of the Act of 1882 ( 22 Stat. 60 ), entitled “An act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese,” as amended by the Act of July 5, 1884 ( 23 Stat. 116 [Comp. St. § 4293]). The certificate contained all the information required, and was viséed by the consular officer of the United States at the port of departure; that officer, certifying that he had made a thorough investigation of the statements contained in the certificate and found them to be in all respects true. The statute provides that the certificate when viséed as required is prima facie evidence of the facts set forth therein, a,nd shall be produced to the Collector of Customs at the port in the district in the United States at which the person named therein shall arrive, and afterward produced to the proper authorities of the United States when lawfully demanded, and shall be the sole evidence permissible on the part of the person producing the same to establish a right of entry into the United…