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EX PARTE TOM TONG

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108 U.S. 556 (1883)

2 S.Ct. 871

27 L.Ed. 826

EX PARTE TOM TONG.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 7, 1883.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Hall McAllister for the petitioner.

Mr. L.D. Latimer opposing.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of habeas corpus sued out of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California by the petitioner, Tom Tong, a subject of the Emperor of China, for the purpose of an inquiry into the legality of his detention by the chief of police of the city and county of San Francisco, for an alleged violation of an order or ordinance of the board of supervisors of such city and county...

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