Jong

By his next friend the appellant, Tee Dong Tun, a Chinese boy now a little over twelve years of age, brought this proceeding in habeas corpus to obtain his release from the custody of the immigration authorities who had denied him admission to the United States and were intending to return him to China. His petition was denied, and hence this appeal.

He seeks admission upon the alleged ground that he is the foreign-bom son of Tee Quing Sheek, alias Tee'Quong Look, who asserts that he is the son of one Tee Ting Oek, a native-born citizen. The conclusion of the Board of Special Inquiry at San Francisco was that appellant had failed satisfactorily to establish either that he is the son of Tee Quing Sheek or that the latter is a citizen.

' The boy arrived at the port of San Francisco in the summer of 1928, and at the first hearing, held on August 10th of that year, he and his alleged father gave testimony. The Board found him to be about the age claimed and to be “quite intelligent” for his years. No fault was found with his demeanor and his testimony disclosed that he was familiar with much of the history of his alleged father’s family. At times he corrected earlier statements in…