United States v. Yeung Chu Keng

Citations

• 140 F. 748
• 1905 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111

Syllabus

<p>Aliens — Proceeding fob Deportation of Chinese Person — Effect of Discharge bt Commissioner.</p> <p>A United. States commissioner exercises special authority in Chinese-cases, and where a Chinese person charged with being unlawfully in the-United States has had a hearing regular in form before a commissioner, who has adjudged that such person is entitled to be and remain within the United States and has ordered his discharge, the decision is determinative of the issue, and such person cannot be again apprehended and proceeded against upon a complaint filed in the District Court of the same-district upon substantially the same facts.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — Citizenship of the Chinese, see notes to Gee Fook Sing v. United States, 1 C. C. A. 212 ;• Lee Sing Far v. United States, 35 C. C. A. 332.]</p>