Nagle

The appellant, having applied for entry into the United States, and the immigration authorities having denied his application and directed his return to China, applied to the District Court for the Northern District of California for a writ of habeas corpus, which was denied, and he takes this appeal from that order.

The petition of the appellant for the writ of habeas corpus in conformity with the rule of the District Court set forth in some detail the proceedings, the evidence, and tho findings of the immigration authorities. The appellee filed a statement setting out additional excerpts from tho testimony before the immigration authorities, and in reply the petitioner set out further excerpts. Upon the hearing of tho application, for the writ, apparently the entire record of proceedings before the immigration authorities, was produced. That record has been sent to this court as a part of the record on appeal.

Appellant claims to be the Chiuese-bom son of a Chinese citizen of the United States. His application for admission was denied upon the ground that he had not satisfactorily established his American citizenship. The painstaking character of the investigation is indicated…