Ex Parte Hung Hang

Supreme Court

Ex Parte Hung Hang

108 U.S. 552, 2 S. Ct. 863, 27 L. Ed. 811, 1883 U.S. LEXIS 1065

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

DecidedMay 7, 1883

StatusPublished

Cited by5 cases

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Ex Parte Hung Hang, 108 U.S. 552, 2 S. Ct. 863, 27 L. Ed. 811, 1883 U.S. LEXIS 1065 (1883).

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Opinion

Mr. Chief Justice Waite

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus for the purpose of an inquiry into the legality of the detention of the petitioner, Hung Nang, a subject of the Emperor of China, by *553 the chief of police, -under a warrant for his arrest, issued by the police judge of the city and county of San Francisco, California, for a violation of an order or ordinance of the board of supervisors of such city and county, alleged to be in contrar vention of the Constitution and of a treaty of the United States.

It has long been settled that ordinarily this court cannot issue a writ of habeas corpus except under its appellate jurisdiction, Ex parte Bollmam, & Swartwout, 4 Cranch, 75; Ex parte Watkins, 7 Pet. 568; Ex parte Yerger, 8 Wall. 85; Ex parte Lange, 18 Wall. 163; Ex parte Parks, 93 U. S. 18; Ex parte Virginia, 100 U. S. 339; Ex parte Siebold, Ib. 371.

Section 751 of the Kevised Statutes, which reenacts a'similar provision in the judiciary act of 1789 (sec. 14), gives this court authority to issue the writ, but except in cases 'affecting ambassadors, other public ministers, or consuls, and those in which a State is a party, it can only be done for a review of the judicial decision of some inferior officer or court. This petition presents no such case.

The writ is emsequentl/y denied.

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Mr. Chief Justice Waite

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus for the purpose of an inquiry into the legality of the detention of the petitioner, Hung Nang, a subject of the Emperor of China, by *553 the chief of police, -under a warrant for his arrest, issued by the police judge of the city and county of San Francisco, California, for a violation of an order or ordinance of the board of supervisors of such city and county, alleged to be in contrar vention of the Constitution and of a treaty of the United States.

It has long been settled that ordinarily this court cannot issue a writ of habeas corpus except under its appellate jurisdiction, Ex parte Bollmam, & Swartwout, 4 Cranch, 75; Ex parte Watkins, 7 Pet. 568; Ex parte Yerger, 8 Wall. 85; Ex parte Lange, 18 Wall. 163; Ex parte Parks, 93 U. S. 18; Ex parte Virginia, 100 U. S. 339; Ex parte Siebold, Ib. 371.

Section 751 of the Kevised Statutes, which reenacts a'similar provision in the judiciary act of 1789 (sec. 14), gives this court authority to issue the writ, but except in cases 'affecting ambassadors, other public ministers, or consuls, and those in which a State is a party, it can only be done for a review of the judicial decision of some inferior officer or court. This petition presents no such case.

The writ is emsequentl/y denied.

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