Nung

At all the times herein mentioned Wong Hin was a Chinese merchant lawfully domiciled in the United States. In the court below he instituted this proceeding by a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to test the validity of an order made by the immigration officers, directing the deportation of Wong Nung, his minor son. Relief was denied, and he brings this appeal.

On October 25, 1921, Wong Nung, then five years of age, came with his mother from China, where he was bom, and was admitted *767 to the United States as the minor child of a domiciled Chinese merchant. Between two and three years later, while he was attending the public schools in Los Angeles, it was discovered by the public health officers that he was suffering from nodular leprosy, and on April 8,1924, he was admitted for treatment to the Los Angeles General Hospital, where he was cared for at public expense. He remained there as a public charge until September 23, 1926, when he was released as a “noninfective,” to return to his home, but in less than two months, on November 16th, he was readmitted to the hospital, where he again became a public charge.

In the meantime, on March 17, 1925, the assistant superintendent…