Nagle

This is an appeal from an order and judgment of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California, denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Ju Wah Son applied for admission to the United States on the ground that he was the minor son of a resident Chinese merchant, Jew Wing. After a hearing before the Board of Special Inquiry at San Francisco, appelant was denied admission upon the grounds that the claimed relationship had not been established, and upon the further ground that appellant had failed to establish that he was a minor. An appeal was taken to the Secretary of Labor, and the case was reviewed by the Board of Eeview, which board recommended that the appeal be dismissed, which was accordingly done.

The original immigration records were introduced in evidence before, and considered by, the lower court in reaching its determination herein, and by order of said court transmitted to this court for its consideration. The mercantile status of the alleged father, Jew Wing, was conceded by the board at San Francisco. He is one of the several refugees who came to the United States from Mexico with the Pershing Expedition, and whose admission…