Ex parte Lew Lin Shew

This matter was heard upon the petition for a writ of habeas corpus and a return filed thereto, by which all the facts were presented to the court. It appears that Lew Lin Shew, a Chinese alien, was duly admitted at the port of San Francisco, on April 24, 1912, as the minor son of a resident Chinese merchant. He was later arrested on a warrant, dated March 3, 1914, which warrant charged:

Upon a hearing being had, a warrant of deportatipn was issued; the grounds of such deportation being, as stated in said warrant:

[1] The charge that the alien entered • without inspection finds no support in the evidence, and has apparently been abandoned. The statement in the warrant of deportation that “he is unlawfully in this *318 country, in that he has been found therein in violation of the Chinese -exclusion laws,” is so broad as to convey absolutely no idea of the specific reason for which the alien has been ordered deported. It is quite true, and has been frequently so held, that in proceedings before the immigration officers,' looking to the deportation of aliens, no such particularity is required as is essential in court proceedings; but this does not méan that an omnibus chárge of…