Weedin

Johnson v. Weedin

Good Law
16 F.2d 105·1926 U.S. App. LEXIS 3766
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitNovember 29, 1926No. 4756California762 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Kerrigan, J.

This is an appeal from an order denying the petition of Bjary Johnson for a writ of habeas corpus in a deportation proceeding. The appellant is an alien single woman, about 26 years of age, bom in Iceland. Following a hearing before the immigration inspector, she was ordered to be deported by the Secretary of Labor, upon the ground that she was found practicing prostitution after h'er entry into this country, contrary to the provisions of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917 (Comp. St. § 4289%a et seq.).

Appellant contends, first, that the evidence does not sustain the finding of the Department of Labor that she was practicing prostitution; and, secondly, that, if it be held to establish that fact, then the order of deportation should specify the Dominion of Canada, the place from which she departed to enter the United Slates. The evidence shows that, when first taken into custody by an immigration inspector at Aberdeen, Wash., the appellant was known by the name of Beatrice Miller, her tree name being Bjary Johnson; that, when pursuing the calling which occasioned her arrest, she used the former name; and that she also had used the name of Bee Miller.

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