Nagle

This is an appeal from an order denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The appellant first applied for admission to the United States on August 11, 1926, basing his application on the claim of United States citizenship. He then claimed, and now claims, to be the son of Yee Wing Quin, a native-born citizen of the United States, whose citizenship is conceded. At the hearing then had before a board of special inquiry, the appellant, his alleged father, and an alleged prior landed brother were examined at length, and the application for admission was denied; the board finding that the claimed relationship was not satisfactorily established because of certain discrepancies in the testimony. A number of such discrepancies were pointed out. . The principal and more important one related to the school attended in China by the appellant and his alleged prior landed brother.

The alleged father testified that the name of his village was Hon Hong, consisting of 19 dwellings, arranged in six rows; that the school was at the tail or west side of the village and stood alone; that the Ai You Ancestral Hall was at the head or east side of the village and stood alone; that the name of the…