Ex parte Yee Hick Ho

This petition for a writ of habeas corpus is filed on behalf of a Chinese woman, Yee Hick Ho, by her brother, Yee Suey Gong. The petition shows that Yee Hick Ho had been denied admission to the United States by the Board of Special Inquiry on the ground that her relationship to her alleged father, a native-born citizen of the United States, had not been established, and that this decision was confirmed by the Board of Review of the Department of Labor on June 21, 1929; notice of this affirmance being transmitted by telegram to San Francisco. Petitioner, her brother, thereupon telegraphed the Department of Labor requesting one week’s stay of execution, in order to permit his accompanying her to China, which request was denied, and Yee Hick Ho was then placed aboard the steamship President McKinley of the Dollar Line, sailing on that very day, June 21, 1929. The vessel sailed, and is due to arrive at Honolulu on June 27, 1929. Petitioner offers to pay the expense of returning Yee Hick Ho to this port to the Robert Dollar Steamship Company, and prays that a writ of habeas corpus issue, directed to John D. Nagle, Commissioner of Immigration for the port of San Francisco. The proposed…