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PEARSON v. WILLIAMS

No. 237.

202 U.S. 281 (1906)

26 S.Ct. 608

50 L.Ed. 1029

PEARSON v. WILLIAMS, UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 14, 1906.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Eugene Treadwell for petitioners.

Mr. Charles H. Robb, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This case comes here by certiorari. 198 U.S. 585. It is a writ of habeas corpus, addressed to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor and to the Commissioner of Immigration of the Port of New York, on which the Circuit Court made an order discharging the petitioners, but the Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the order by a divided court. 136 Fed. Rep. 734. The return to the writ discloses that the petitioners...

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