Ex parte Keisuki Sata

In view of certain references made in the briefs herein, it may not be amiss to state that in the determination of cases on habeas corpus, as in all other cases, the court can only act upon the record and the facts presented to it. The only record presented to the court upon the hearing of the present case was the petition, the return, the traverse to the return, and the copy of an unsigned letter, which is as follows:

It appears from the petition and proofs presented that petitioner Keisuki Sata was arrested by virtue of a warrant dated August 28, 1913, charging him with being illegally in the country for the reason that:

The warrant contains this further statement:

Upon this charge he was arraigned and examined on September 5, 1913, the only testimony taken concerning the matter set forth in the warrant being the testimony of the petitioner himself, unless indeed the letter above quoted may be regarded as evidence supporting the order of deportation finally entered. Of this letter mention will later be made. From the testimony of petitioner taken September 5, 1913, it appears that he left Kobe,, Japan, on April 5, 1913, and landed at Seattle April 24th, where he was examined…