Weedin

The appellant, who was bom in China, was denied admission when he sought to enter the UniiA ed States on his claim that he was the son of Moy You On. It was not denied that the alleged father was an American citizen. The ground of rejection was doubt of the alleged relationship, based upon discrepancies in the testimony. The ease is here on appeal from the judgment of the court below, denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In the petition it was alleged that the discrepancies were inadvertent and unimportant; that the immigration officials failed to afford opportunity to explain the same, and arbitrarily and capriciously gave the wrong construction thereto, and arbitrarily, capriciously, wrongfully, and unfairly rejected the application. The petition also brought in question the official capacity of the members of the Board of Special Inquiry, and alleged that the official oath required by law was not taken by any member of the board at any time subsequent to his designation and appointment on said board.

There were several discrepancies between the testimony of the appellant’s alleged, brother, Moy Yot Wing, given at Seattle, December 29, 1921, and the testimony of the…