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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

LEE LEW YOU v. UNITED STATES.
    (Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
    February 15, 1916.)
    No. 132.
    1. Aliens <&wkey;32(5) — Chinese Persons — Presumption.
    Tbe presumption tbat a person of tbe Mongolian race is not a citizen is strengthened when be attempts to enter tbe country in a clandestine manner.
    [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Aliens, Cent. Dig. § 84; Dec. Dig. &wkey;32(5).]
    2. Aliens <&wkey;32(12) — Deportation—Review—Findings.
    A finding of tbe commissioner, approved by tbe District Court, will not be disturbed on appeal, where there is evidence in support of it.
    [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Aliens, Cent. Dig. § 95; Dec. Dig. &wkey;32(12)J
    Appeal from the District Court of the Southern District of New York.
    Proceeding by the United States of America against Lee Lew You. From an order of the District Court, affirming the judgment of the commissioner, ordering deportation of defendant, he» appeals.
    Affirmed.
    Robert M. Moore, of New York City, for appellant.
    H. Snowden Marshall, U. S. Atty., of New York City (Harold A, Content, Asst.-U. S. Atty., of New York City, of counsel), for the United States.
    Before LACOMBE, COXE, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.
   COXE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of' New York affirming a judgment of the commissioner ordering the deportation of the appellant to China.

His contention before the commissioner was that he was born in San Francisco 38 years ago. If he were a native-born citizen of the United States, it seems incredible that he should have paid a white man $150 to smuggle him across the Canadian border in a freight car, there béing two other Chinese persons in the car.

The presumption that a person of the Mongolian race is not a citizen is materially strengthened when he seeks to enter the country in so clandestine a manner. The commissioner who heard the testimony and the judge who reviewed it did not believe that the appellant was born in the United States. The assignment of errors brings up the single question that the judgment is against the weight of evidence.

In such circumstances, the commissioner and the judge agreeing, we think the decision on the facts should not be disturbed by an appellate court. Chin Bak Kan v. U. S., 186 U. S. 193, 22 Sup. Ct. 891, 46 L. Ed. 1121; Lee Sim v. U. S., 218 Fed. 432, 134 C. C. A. 232. As was said by Chief Justice Fuller in the former case (186 U. S. at page 201, 22 Sup. Ct. at page 895, 46 L. Ed. 1121):

“We are of tlie opinion that wo cannot properly re-examine the facts already determined by two judgments below.”

The judgment and order of the District Court are affirmed.