Case Name: Case of the Chinese Wife. In re Ah Moy, on Habeas Corpus
Court: United States Circuit Court for the District of California
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1884-09-29
Citations: 21 F. 808
Docket Number: 
Parties: Case of the Chinese Wife. In re Ah Moy, on Habeas Corpus.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 21
Pages: 808–810

Head Matter:
Case of the Chinese Wife. In re Ah Moy, on Habeas Corpus.
(Circuit Court, D. California.
September 29, 1884.)
Chinese Immigration—Bailing Kemanded Prisoner.
When a Chinese person, after final hearing on habeas corpus, has been remanded to the marshal to be deported from the United States upon the vessel by which she was brought to this country, and such vessel has departed, she cannot be admitted to bail upon a recognizance that she will appear when a vessel is ready to depart. Per Field, Justice; Sawyer, Hoeeman, and Sabin, JJ., dissenting.
Application to Allow Prisoner Bemanded to Give Bail.
T. D. Riordan and L. I. Mowry, for petitioner.
S. G. Hilborn, U. S. Atty., and Carroll Cook, Asst. U. S. Atty., for the United States.
Before Field, Justice, and Sawyer, Hoffman, and Sabin, JJ.

Opinion:
Field, Justice.
In this case Ah Moy was remanded to the custody of the marshal, to be deported from the United States upon the. vessel by which she was brought to the port of San Francisco, or some other vessel of the steam-ship company. It appears from the statement of her counsel that the vessel in which she was brought has departed, and that no other vessel of the company will leave this port under two weeks. He therefore asks that, in the mean time, she may be admitted to bail, upon a recognizance that she will appear when the vessel is ready to depart. The application cannot be granted. According to our decision, the petitioner was, under the law, prohibited from landing. We have no authority to allow this law to be evaded upon any conditions. We cannot say she shall be allowed to land for 15 days, upon giving bail for her appearance at the end of that time, without a violation of its provisions. Application denied.