Proctor
Wong Gim Ngoon v. Proctor
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Haney, J.
The court below denied a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by appellant, and from the order denying the writ this appeal was taken.
Appellant is a Chinese boy about- 14 years old, who arrived at the port of Seattle on September 30, 1936. He applied for entry into the United States on the ground that he is an alleged foreign-born son of Wong Mon Fay, an alleged native-born citizen of the United States. On October 19, 1936, a Chinese boy named Wong Suey Tung arrived at the same port, and applied to be admitted into the United States as a foreign-born son of Wong Toy, an alleged native-born citizen of the United States. Both applications were considered as a single case. Hearings began on November 16, 1936.
Appellant testified that Wong Mon Fay was his father, who was born in the United States; that his father’s parents were Wong Hung Gee and Lim Shee, who were living in Ock Sing village in China; that his father (Wong Mon Fay) had only one brother and one sister; that Lim Shee had bound feet; and that the windows in the bedroom in their house in China had. no glass.
On the same day the other applicant testified that Wong Toy had four brothers and *705 no sisters; that…