Nagle
Lau Shee v. Nagle
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Hunt, J.
Lau Shee appeals from an order denying her petition for writ ■of habeas corpus. Shee is a Chinese woman, who arrived at Seattle in September, 1923, and, after investigation and hearing, was admitted as the wife of Jew Shep, an American citizen. In October, 1924, she was arrested under a warrant charging that she was in the United States in violation of section 19 of the Immigration Act of Bebruary 5, 1917 (Comp. St. § 4289%jj), and in the course of the proceedings in 1926 the board of review found that Shee had entered the United States for immoral purposes and had obtained admission by fraud, not having been at the time of her entry the wife of a member of the exempt classes. Deportation was ordered.
Her main contention is that there was no evidence to support the findings of the immigration officials. The record shows that one Yee Leung, Chinese, a native American citizen, went to China in April, 1906, and returned to the United States in 1907 with a wife, Ng Shee, and a son, who was born in *748 May, 1907. Ng Shee died in China in February, 1916, and in September of that year Yee Leung married this appellant, who was then visiting in China at Hong Kong, and with his wife came…