Weedin

The appellant, claiming to have been born in San Francisco November 19, 1886, sought admission at the port of Seattle in January, 1930. He claims that he departed for China in 1894 and has resided there continuously, excepting two years spent in Singapore. He 'was denied admission by the immigration authorities and filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus with the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. The writ was issued, return made of all the proceedings before the immigration authorities, and appellant was remanded for deportation. Appellant does not claim that he was not given full opportunity to present his ease to the immigration authorities. He bases his contention entirely upon the insufficiency of the evidence to justify a rejection of his own sworn testimony as to his citizenship and the corroborating testimony presented by him. No good purpose will be sub-served by setting forth herein the evidence nor the voluminous findings of the Special Board of Inquiry, nor the findings of the Board of Review at Washington after argument before that Board. Suffice it to say that the Board of Special Inquiry and the Board of Review were convinced…