Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-24
MAY NOT STAY HERE
Ching aed sing May be Released
From jail
oSA wRIT or HABtAs CORPUS
cos>sitat,nnaiisy % the Chinese Law
Argued Before Judge sesersns--Da
They Haze falr irlAIf

p + Corbett argued motion N the
tuited States csurt yesterday Zoe "a
writ Il hafsas corpus Tor Ching - aisd
Sing Lse. thr txo Chilalnen y 40 arr
--rsing a twenty days sentence gwen
them ~ a unifesl States court comlns
sloa AZ Fotoskee At the close 4 tao
supFi@,an.enl they we're % have tee1
depasfe.i - China.
Ia arguing the ease Mr.. Corhetf said
that the az Il the land. the very
f4untlasion II the constitution guarsn.
teesi ~ ali usen within tho limits Of tae
coausfy. life. liberty and TIE pursuit ot
happiners. anlrss deprived q thoss
privileges b. du- process II law. lite
-4sd These Chinamen bad been siezed.
t4sen before . commissioner and con
defined without a iuff TRIAL " any
n.eans q 1efrnse he claimed tkey had
property nerc and pIudlerd aiiidasits Ia
she4 that they xere an tho United
og4fes before tae IA Whlch forbid taeir
eomins AS passed. tie said they were
llcAea up "a the streets. taken oef0se
comia .-ioner and sentenced % hard
labor .iholr aoFd ~ psoof that they
we're All lawfully here. lie quoted
fr,fa tar aei a. follows
That ans 4 Aifese person. or person ~
ChiEs-r descent. arrested upaer t1o
profi-l0ns ~ fhis act. or tho acts HEREBY
rxlrlts.i .1ai IT, IldgeI 70 70 uniaW-
faIls aithln the United States. unlfss
-deh person shall establish by afr
naflfe pru-of 20 TIE satisfaction az
-1ea Judge Justice or commissioner. his
lawful ri-ar q reusain in tho United
states mat any such Chinese pesssn.
a. person IL Chinese descent. convicted
aai di1tiQe,l 70 ~ unlaWfully within
the Cnlted States. shall De imprisoned
al hard labor for a period not exceeding
enc year. ard thereafter removed from
the talted States as hereinbesore pro
sisied
Ia closing. Mr. Corbett said Search
tho laws Il the most arbitrary govern
nent II f.ufOpe. and another a. arbi-
tray law cannot be- found. lie the courts
vii enforce that Law. next year We may
select the lrlshnan. and the year after
the German. and - on from one class Ia
another. | have examined several of
me decisions. and - most a them come
from the western coast and they are en-
fcrclnE the law they all place II on the
emergency ~ The ca-e. Rome x them at
tempt - justify The act upon any cen
sftutioaal grounds. Out they simply
SAY. The ilfeutiou . congress was nat
The Chinese must b. cleared out u the
country. aud Ne mean that they shall
20 Aud 81 order 70 enforce the Law
the,f arr siding o. override every con
siirstional barrier 10 which We have be-
s0ue accustomed. II this law car be
erffncet. no class q our citizens Is safe
4 There IS a prejudice worked upagainst
Them
A-is.an. Ur.,sd States Attorney
Mc>i4tol replied that psaoi var taken
fsf.e the el.al.is>laref euifrirnI %
prove fl4f fte thiaamtn zane over
fo4 f1s iifltlsI f'.r--+ .sl1ns not louz
4a iir prr-tnt.t DECISIONS showing
fI4f fsr calr, 1sd ~ right - review
the ase aeid before the commissioned.
RI sa9zeste,i Loeever. thar had an
appeal ttea iakca "a ihe United S-aiss
court ziiMn leE days the court would
thea haze had a right % review The
caer
j4lee Severens said IT appeared 70
hil1 rhaf tie cumrIl s-.an-r had made a
mistake Bro bs sentence IS nxinx a limit.
h. Should have followed the language
&c tac statute. u.s. quoted above Judge
Seterera sand - could not ron-id..- The
.aprtaluAeui IS Intended for punish
mert ant Aas Intended - bold the prs
eners untl fair hearing could BE- had
a. Suggested that ga account q the
mistake perhaps &c would te Wel % r.
lease fnrm or the Ffif and immediately
rfafrf-t tarm asI gave them arot1er
hearing AMI a further hearing II they
wished - appeal ifam tie commits
an-ner Judge S.strens t.,k the ease
ulllrr 4ilslsfmeut until next Iue-fIs.