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Mah Shee, a Chinese woman, appellant herein, applied to enter the United States at San Francisco. She claimed to be the wife of Chung Leong, a Chinaman, native citizen of the United States returning from a visit to China in August, 1916. Mah Shee came with him, and her application to enter the United States as the wife of a citizen thereof was heard before an immigration inspector under orders of the Commissioner of Immigration. After examination of the witnesses, the inspector found that the woman was the wife of Chung Leong, a native-born citizen of the United States, and he recommended that she be admitted, but this recommendation was not followed by the commissioner, who denied admission upon the ground that the statements of the applicant and her alleged husband were “wholly false.”

*870 On September 4, 1916, counsel for the applicant asked a reopening of the case. With this application to reopen were presented several affidavits, including one by Chung Reong, wherein he stated substantially that at his examination before the inspector certain mistakes through misunderstanding had been made by him. He set forth the particular parts which he desired to set straight in his…